Unemployment in Asia

Unemployment in Asia

Author: John Benson

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2005-07-29

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 1134290616

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Focusing on a relatively unexplored aspect of one of the world's most dynamic economic regions, this book examines the changing nature of unemployment in a range of key Asian countries over the last two decades.


Measuring the Non-Observed Economy: A Handbook

Measuring the Non-Observed Economy: A Handbook

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2002-05-24

Total Pages: 233

ISBN-13: 9264175350

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This essential Handbook makes underground, hidden, grey economies intelligible and consistently quantifiable. An invaluable tool for statistics producers and users and researchers, the book explains how the non-observed economy can be measured and ...


Economic Reform and Employment Relations in Vietnam

Economic Reform and Employment Relations in Vietnam

Author: Ngan Thuy Collins

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2009-09-10

Total Pages: 199

ISBN-13: 1135230048

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This book surveys Vietnam’s economic reforms since the start of the transition from socialist planning to market economy, and in particular their impact on employment relations: the transformation of which has been a key part of reforms and a necessary pre-condition to Vietnam’s entry to the WTO in 2006.


Migration and the Labour Market in Asia 2002 Recent Trends and Policies

Migration and the Labour Market in Asia 2002 Recent Trends and Policies

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2003-02-10

Total Pages: 401

ISBN-13: 9264099867

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This publication presents an analysis of recent trends in migration movements and policies in Asia. It highlights the contribution of immigration to the labour force and the changes that have taken place in the sectoral distribution of workers.


Skilling Up Vietnam

Skilling Up Vietnam

Author: Christian Bodewig

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 2014-07-02

Total Pages: 193

ISBN-13: 1464802319

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The demand for workforce skills is changing in Vietnam’s dynamic economy. In addition to job-specific skills, Vietnamese employers value cognitive skills, like problem solving, and behavioral skills, like team work. This book presents an agenda of change for Vietnam’s education system to prepare workers to succeed in Vietnam’s modernizing economy.


Transforming Socialist Economies

Transforming Socialist Economies

Author: S. Burki

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2004-12-07

Total Pages: 254

ISBN-13: 0230522599

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Transforming Socialist Economies: Lessons for Cuba and Beyond argues that countries with centrally-planned economies can pursue divergent paths towards market liberalization. The book reviews the reform processes of China, the Central Asian Republics, Eastern Europe, Russia, Vietnam, and the role of the international financial institutions, and draws lessons for Cuba, a country on the verge of wider economic transformation.


Managing Human Resources in Asia-Pacific

Managing Human Resources in Asia-Pacific

Author: Arup Varma

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-06-26

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 1136584285

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Given the enormous economic and developmental changes being experienced by nations in the Asia-Pacific region, and the related movement of people between and across countries, it is critical that we better understand the HRM policies and practices of these nations. The latest instalment in the Global HRM series, Managing Human Resources in Asia-Pacific (2E) presents the HRM situations in a number of South-East Asian and Pacific Rim countries, highlighting the growth of the personnel and HR function, the dominant HRM system(s) in the area, the influence of different factors on HRM, and the challenges faced by HR functions in these nations. This edition extends its coverage to Cambodia, Fiji, Indonesia, and the Philippines; a new chapter discusses HR research challenges in the region, such as the transferability of western constructs, problems with data collection, and the emergence of MNEs from Asia Pacific.