Financial and economic crisis [electronic resource] : a decent work response.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

International Labour Office, Corporate Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Financial crises.

Economics.

Physical Description:

xix, 78 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Geneva : International Labour Organization, International Institute for Labour Studies, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This study reviews world-wide responses to the global financial crisis and contributes to the ongoing debate on restoring stability. The study provides evidence-based policy analysis on how ILO Members can best mitigate the effects of the crisis and advocates the need for a global jobs pact to support recovery.

Contents:

Cover

Half title page

Title page

Copyright information

Who are the authors of The Financial and Economic Crisis: A Decent Work Response?

Preface

Executive summary

CONTENTS

List of tables, figures and boxes

Tables

Table 1 World Economic Outlook

Table 2 Crisis resolution instruments for selected countries

Table 3 Monetary policy interest rate changes

Table 4 Examples of labour market initiatives in response to the crisis

Table 5 Existing stimulus measures as a percentage of GDP

Figures

Figure 1 Monthly change in industrial production (percentage)

Figure 2 Employment declines in the last twelve months in the G7 (000s)

Figure 3 Projected increase in vulnerable employment and working poverty (millions, change from 2007 to 2009)

Figure 4 Social expenditures as a percentage of GDP, most recent year available

Figure 5 Share of unemployed workers NOT receiving unemployment benefits

Figure 6 Pension fund returns (real), for selected countries, January-October 2008 (percentages)

Figure 7 IMF assistance as percentage of GDP

Figure 8 Fiscal package as a percentage of GDP in 2009

Figure 9 Composition of spending as a percentage of total for selected countries

Figure 10 Comparison between fiscal and financial rescue efforts as a percentage of GDP

Figure 11 Percentage of lenders tightening standards, by size of enterprise seeking loans

Figure 12 Estimated employment effects of different fiscal measures

Figure 13 Household debt and income inequality in some OECD countries, 2005

Figure 14 Estimated labour market and social developments, 2009-2010

Figure 15 Decomposition of rescue packages

Figure 16 Recovery from the crisis depends on the timing of efforts

Boxes

Box 1 The crisis: causes and transmission mechanisms

Box 2 Impact of the crisis on women's employment.

Box 3 Unstable food prices and impact on the poor

Box 4 Aftermath of banking crises and employment recovery after recessions

Box 5 ILO 's Small Enterprise Development Programme

Box 6 Enhancing public employment services and active labour market programmes

Box 7 The ILO's Employment-Intensive Investment Programme

Box 8 Conditional cash transfers

Box 9 Relevance of ILO instruments in the crisis context

Box 10 Lessons from social dialogue in previous crises

Box 11 Green investments and job creation as a response to the crisis: some examples

Box 12 Macroeconomic stabilization in the wake of financial/economic crisis

Introduction

I. Crisis

II. International and country responses to the crisis

III. Decent work as a cornerstone of the recovery: A global jobs pact

IV. Improving global policy coherence for more balanced growth and development

V. Assessing the effects of the global jobs pact on the recovery.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

92-9014-901-9

OCLC:

471112387