Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Clothing trade
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
World Apparel Fibre Consumption Survey
Author: Commodity Review and Outlook 1993-94
Author: [Anonymus AC00918892]Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN: 9789251034750
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
U.S. Global Competitiveness
Author: Joseph Lowell WilliamsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Competition, International
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Managing Restructuring in the Textile and Garment Subsector
Author: Saha Dhevan MeyanathanPublisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 9780821327685
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Summary edition. The full report analyzes the issues affecting income security for the elderly in both developing and industrial nations. Systems providing financial security for the old are under increasing strain throughout the world. Changing demographics have led to an increased proportion of old people in the general population. Traditional means of support for the old, such as extended families, are weakening. Meanwhile, formal systems, such as government-backed pensions, have proven unstable. For these reasons economists, policymakers, and government officials are exploring ways to address such issues as: *How to ensure financial security for the old and the best ways of paying for such security *The roles of the public and private sectors when systems are used to enhance rather than detract from economic growth. This study, the first comprehensive and global examination of old age security, addresses such issues. It identifies three functions of old age financial security programs--redistribution, saving, and insurance. It evaluates the policy options for meeting these functions using two criteria: their impact on the aged and their impact on the economy as a whole. The study suggests that financial security for the old and economic growth would be better served if governments relied on three systems: 1) A publicly managed system with mandatory participation and the limited goal of reducing poverty among the old 2) A privately managed mandatory savings system 3) A voluntary savings system. These three systems would ensure against the many risks of old age. The study concludes that a combination of different income security policies is more effective than any single approach and that all countries should begin planning for their aging populations now. Published for the World Bank by Oxford University Press. Also available: Averting the Old Age Crisis (Full report) (ISBN 0-19-520996-6) Stock No. 60996; Averting the Old Age Crisis (Spanish edition) (ISBN 0-8213-2844-1) Stock No. 12844; Averting the Old Age Crisis Database (diskettes) (ISBN 0-8213-3032-2) Stock No. 13032; Averting the Old Age Crisis Summary (French) (ISBN 0-8213-3001-2) Stock No. 13001; Averting the Old Age Crisis Summary (Spanish) (ISBN 0-8213-2971-5) Stock No. 12971.
Index to International Statistics
Author: USITC Publication
Author: Globalization and the Environment
Author: Gabriela KuttingPublisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 0791484866
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
This groundbreaking study brings together economic globalization and the environment as never before. Gabriela Kütting argues for an "eco-holistic" approach that merges social, political, economic, and environmental analysis, so that a globalizing political economy may be understood in relation to environmental and social concerns. Key to this merging are the historical dimension of environmental-societal relations, the concept of consumption, and the concept of equity. To illustrate the utility of the eco-holistic approach, Kütting draws out the linkages between social and environmental degradation in West Africa, environmental and economic policies in the North, and the shopping habits of individual consumers, using cotton agriculture and the globalizing political economy of textiles as a case study.
HMSO Monthly Catalogue
Author: Great Britain. Her Majesty's Stationery OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Statistical Reference Index
Author: Commodity Review and Outlook
Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United NationsPublisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN: 9789251027912
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description