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[IWS] ILO Bangkok: Recent Publications, No. 2007/3 [September 2007]

IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations
-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor
---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016
-------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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ILO Bankok
ILO Recent Publications, No.2007/3.


International labour standards on migrant workers' rights: guide for policymakers and practitioners in Asia and the Pacific
by ILO Subregional Office for East Asia
Bangkok: ILO, 2007
viii, 89 p.
English version
ISBN 978-92-2-120246-2 (print version)
ISBN 978-92-2-120247-9 (web version)
ISBN 978-92-2-120248-6 (CD version)
http://www.ilo.org/asia/library/download/pub07-10.pdf

Also available in Cambodian, Laotian, and Thai.

This publication aspires to be a handy reference guide, explaining the rights from the
vantage point of the migrant worker to policymakers and practitioners.


ILO policy brief on youth employment in Cambodia
by ILO Subregional Office for East Asia
Bangkok: ILO, 2007
12 p.
English version
ISBN 978-92-2-120112-0 (Print version)
ISBN 978-92-2-120113-7 (Web version)
http://www.ilo.org/asia/library/download/pub07-08.pdf
Cambodian version
ISBN 978-92-2-820112-3 (Print version)
ISBN 978-92-2-820113-0 (Web version)
http://www.ilo.org/asia/library/download/pub07-09.pdf

Provides brief overview of youth employment in Cambodia, key challenges, National
Strategic Development Plan (2006-2010), ILO approaches and policy options.


Lao People's Democratic Republic, report to the Government on the actuarial valuation of the Social Security Fund
Jean-Claude Hennicot
Bangkok: ILO, 2007
xx, 86 p.
ISBN 978-92-2-118828-5 (Print version)
ISBN 978-92-2-118829-2 (Web version)
http://www.ilo.org/asia/library/download/pub07-11.pdf

This report presents a comprehensive review of the current financial status of the
scheme and an assessment of its long-term financial sustainability based on the
actuarial projection of future income, expenditure and reserves. It is hoped that the
findings and recommendations provided on scheme financing and design issues will
contribute to a better understanding and enhanced capacities of all stakeholders,
particularly the Social Security Organization, the Lao Federation of Trade Unions, and
the Lao Chamber of Commerce and Industry, in managing and administering the
scheme efficiently, with a view to ensure the fund's long-term sustainability and a
swift extension of its coverage to all provinces.


Report of independent final evaluation, ILO/Japan Regional Programme on Expansion of Employment Opportunities for Women (EEOW) – Viet Nam chapter
by Nguyen Van Hung, Hoang Thuy Lan and Anne Richmond
Bangkok: ILO, 2007
72 p.
English version
ISBN 9789221200895 (Print version)
ISBN 9789221200901 (Web version)
http://www.ilo.org/asia/library/download/pub07-05.pdf
Vietnamese version
ISBN 9789228200898 (Print version)
ISBN 9789228200904 (Web version)
http://www.ilo.org/asia/library/download/pub07-06.pdf

This report presents the findings, conclusions and recommendations of the final
evaluation of the EEOW project in Viet Nam.


ILO AP Issues, August 2007
http://www.ilo.org/asia/download/apissues/issue07_02.pdf

The new August 2007 edition of Issues newsletter features the youth employment in
the Pacific, work and peace in Timor-Leste, former Afghan fighters reintegrate, and
Asians work excessive hours.


(Thanks to Chanitda Wiwatchanon, Regional Librarian, ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific for the tip).


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