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15 Jul 2016

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ILO

Assessment of labour provisions in trade and investment arrangement

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... The purpose of this report is, first, to provide an analysis of the design, implementation and outcomes of labour provisions in unilateral, bilateral and plurilateral trade arrangements, as well as in some IIAs. Second, the report uses this analysis to gain a better understanding of whether and how labour provisions strengthen the framework conditions for decent work under which enterprises and workers operate, including through the involvement of the social partners and the wider public. Finally, the report aims to assess both descriptively and empirically the various contributions of the ILO’s work on trade arrangements and to present areas for analysis with respect to implementation and coherence of labour provisions ... The report examines the macro and micro impacts of labour provisions with respect to trade, institutional changes and labour market outcomes ... Additional analyses based on case studies were also undertaken for this report to investigate the extent to which labour provisions may impact on labour market outcomes, positively or negatively...