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Online-Ressource (342 p)
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Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
9789264010963
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Trade and Structural Adjustment: Embracing Globalisation identifies the requirements for successful reallocation of labour and capital to more efficient uses in response to the emergence of new sources of competition, technological change and shifting consumer preferences. At the same time, it focuses on limiting adjustment costs for individuals, communities and society as a whole. Based on specific sectoral case studies, this volume includes analysis of the adjustment challenge and policy framework in both developed and developing countries, together with practical recommendations for good
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TABLE OF CONTENTS -; Acronyms; Executive Summary; Trade and Structural Adjustment: Recommendations for Good Practice; PART I: STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT CHALLENGES AND POLICY RESPONSES ; Chapter 1 THE ADJUSTMENT CHALLENGE; Overview; Agriculture; Fisheries; Textiles and clothing; Steel; Shipbuilding; Motor vehicles; Health services; International sourcing of IT and business process services; Chapter 2. THE DOMESTIC POLICY FRAMEWORK: THE EXPERIENCE OF OECD MEMBER COUNTRIES; Structural adjustment and its driving forces; Countries' capacity to adjust differs
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Policies to facilitate structural adjustment and assist displaced workersChapter 3. TRADE AND STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT: TOWARDS GOOD PRACTICE; Introduction; National policy making; Bilateral and regional co-operation; Multilateral co-operation; Annex 3.A1 Chapter IV of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises:Employment and Industrial Relations; PART II: SECTORAL CASE STUDIES ; Chapter 4 AGRICULTURE; Key points; Adjustment implications of reducing agricultural support and trade protection:a cross-country case study; Mexico and the United States: Trade in avocados
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Australia: The dairy industryChile: The agro-food sector; Kenya: The cut flower industry; New Zealand: Agricultural reform; Chapter 5 FISHERIES; Key points; Denmark: Fisheries; Thailand: The seafood sector; Chapter 6 TEXTILES AND CLOTHING; Key points; Bangladesh; Colombia; Lesotho: The clothing sector; Mauritius: The clothing sector; The United States: The textile industry; Australia: The textile, clothing, footwear and leather industries; The Slovak Republic: Textiles and clothing; Chapter 7 STEEL; Key points; The European Union; Restructuring of the US steel industry; Chapter 8 SHIPBUILDING
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Key pointsThe European Union; Japan; Australia; Chapter 9 MOTOR VEHICLES; Key points; Japan; Poland; South Africa; Australia; Chapter 10 HEALTH SERVICES; Key points; Mexico and the United States; Japan, the Philippines and Thailand; Chapter 11 INTERNATIONAL SOURCING OF ITAND BUSINESS PROCESS SERVICES; Key points; The United States; Case study: IBM Corporation; The European experience; India; Case study: Infosys Technologies Ltd; Bibliography
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ISBN 9789264010970
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ISBN 9789264010963
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Trade and Structural Adjustment : Embracing Globalisation
Sprache:
Englisch
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