Name of Resource | Promoting Decent Work in Global Supply Chains in Latin America and the Caribbean. Key Issues, Good Practices, Lessons Learned and Policy Insights |
Type | Report / analysis |
Country / jurisdiction | Global |
Organization | International Labour Organization |
Initiative launch date | January 2016 |
Description | The study has been conducted to increase understanding and provide an overview of key questions around the operation and impacts of Global Supply Chains in Latin America and the Caribbean and also as an input to the background document for the 2016 International Labour Conference General Discussion. The report is based on a desk-based review, drawing upon existing studies of global supply chains to examine their impacts and implications for the development of domestic firms, their contribution to productive transformation and structural change and their impacts on the quantity and quality of jobs in the Latin America and the Caribbean region. It situates the expansion of global supply chains in the region within an analytical framework that recognizes both the economic and social upgrading dimensions and the impacts also on both firms and workers. Special attention is given to the mechanisms for governing the terms and conditions of engagement between firms and workers in the global supply chains, with the aim of identifying ways to jointly pursue the goals of raising competitiveness and of promoting productive employment and decent work. |
Availability | ENG: http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---americas/---ro-lima/documents/publication/wcms_503754.pdf |