Research Catalog

Title

The new offshoring of jobs and global development / Gary Gereffi ; International Labour Office, ILO Social Policy Lecturers, International Institute for Labour Studies.

Author

Gereffi, Gary.

Publication

Geneva : IILS, 2006.

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Additional Authors

International Institute for Labour Studies.

Description

xi, 65 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

Using the global value chains perspective, looks at how offshore outsourcing affects the quantity and quality of jobs in the global economy.

Subjects

• value chains
• employment
• países desarrollados
• délocalisation industrielle
• Offshore outsourcing
• emploi
• chaînes de valeur
• ILO pub
• reubicacion internacional de industrias
• pays développés
• developing countries
• developed countries
• países en desarrollo
• cadenas de valor
• mondialisation
• globalización
• pays en développement
• pub IIES
• empleo
• IILS pub
• international relocation of industry
• tercerización
• pub OIT
• pub IIEL
• globalization
• externalisation des activités
• outsourcing

Genre/Form

• ILO pub.
• IILS pub.
• pub OIT.
• pub IIES.
• pub IIEL.

Note

• Lectures given at the 7th Nobel Peace Prize Social Policy Lectures, held Dec. 5-7, 2005 at the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 59-65).

Additional Formats (note)

• Also issued online.

Contents

An overview of the contemporary global labour market -- Global consolidation and industrial upgrading: The promise and perils of development -- Globalization and the demand for governance.

ISBN

• 9290148055 (Print)
• 9789290148050 (Print)
• 9290148063 (web pdf)
• 9789290148067 (web pdf)

OCLC

• ocm76793703
• 76793703
• SCSB-5931402

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries