- Title
- Merchants of labour
- Creators
- Christiane KuptschBeate Andrees (Contributor)Cesar A., Averia (Contributor)Ibrahim Awad (Contributor)Bernd Balkenhol (Contributor)Nilim Baruah (Contributor)John Connell (Contributor)Mary Cunneen (Contributor)Luc Demaret (Contributor)Mohammed Dito (Contributor)Bruce Goldstein (Contributor)Eric Gravel (Contributor)Ellen Hansen (Contributor)Christian Hess (Contributor)Philip L., Martin (Contributor)Alan Matheson (Contributor)Anna Di Mattia (Contributor)Susan Maybud (Contributor)Cher Pong NG (Contributor)Rajendra Paratian (Contributor)Dan Rees (Contributor)Lasanta Ruhuṇagē (Contributor)Verena Schmidt (Contributor)Tasneem Siddiqui (Contributor)Barbara Stilwell (Contributor)Christiane Wiskow (Contributor)
- Contributors
- International Institute for Labour Studies,
- Publisher
- ILO; Geneva
- Date published
- 2006
- Number of pages
- xii, 259 p.
- ISBN
- 9290147806; 9290147822
- Language
- English
- Asset Type
- book
- Record Identifier
- 995271331502676
- Table of contents
- Foreword / Gerry Rodgers -- Introductory overview / Christiane Kuptsch -- Part I: ‘Merchants’ of various types: yesterday and today -- Regulating private recruiters: the core issues / Philip Martin -- Recruitment bureaux and money transfer agencies: similarities and differences / Bernd Balkenhol -- ‘Merchants of labour’ in three centuries: lessons from history for reforming 21st century exploitation of migrant labour / Bruce Goldstein -- Part II: The empirical framework: country and regional experiences -- The regulation of recruitment agencies: experience and good practices in countries of origin in Asia / Nilim Baruah -- Private recruitment agencies in the era of globalization: challenges and responses – the case of the Philippines / Cesar A. Averia, Jr. -- Institutional monitoring of migrant recruitment in Sri Lanka / L.K. Ruhunage -- Protection of Bangladeshi migrants through good governance / Tasneem Siddiqui -- Australia: ‘Good practice’! / Alan Matheson -- Management of foreign workers in Singapore: regulation of employment agents / Ng Cher Pong -- What can we learn from Bahrain’s labour market reform? / Mohammed Dito -- Merchants of labour in the Middle East and North Africa: Egypt as a case study / Ibrahim Awad -- The South African experience / Rajendra G. Paratian -- Part III: Recruitment and ILO standards -- ILO standards concerning employment services / Eric Gravel -- ILO Convention 181: The employers’ perspective / Christian Hess -- Private employment agencies: the challenges ahead from the workers’ perspective / Luc Demaret -- Implementation of Convention 181 through regulation – the ILO experience / Ellen Hansen -- Combating criminal activities in the recruitment of migrant workers / Beate Andrees -- Part IV: Innovative policy and possible protection strategies -- Strategies to combat forced labour in the context of migration / Mary Cunneen -- Temporary migrant workers: Organizing and protection strategiesby trade unions / Verena Schmidt -- Curbing malpractice: the role of information campaigns in international labour migration / Anna di Mattia -- New measures to tackle exploitation in the UK agricultural industry / Dan Rees -- ‘Care trade’: the international brokering of health care professionals / Susan Maybud and Christiane Wiskow -- Merchants of medical care: Recruiting agencies in the global health care chain / John Connell and Barbara Stilwell -- Annexes.
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Merchants of labour
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2006
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