One of the determinants of health is the quality of one's work.

The Current issue of the International Labour Review (Vol 142, No. 2)
[2003/2] is a special issue on measuring decent work.

Volume 142(2003), No. 2 Special issue: Measuring decent work

Since the Decent Work Agenda was launched in 1999, after its adoption by
the International Labour Conference at its 87th Session, there has been no
lack of attempts to establish the full meaning of the concept and, more
particularly, to develop concrete and reliable means of measuring
countries' performance in achieving decent work for their citizens.
Clearly, there is much interest not only in measuring how well countries
of all sorts perform in this respect, but also in the degree of
correlation with other crucial measures of social and economic
development, such as the Human Development Index, or simply GDP per
capita.

This special issue of the International Labour Review on "Measuring decent
work" has been compiled with the aim of reflecting the range of approaches
to the measurement of decent work so far developed by a number of
distinguished researchers working mostly, but not exclusively, inside the
International Labour Office. The intention is not to indicate a preference
for one approach over another, but rather to demonstrate the
multi-dimensional nature of decent work. We hope that this will emerge
from the contributions selected, so that readers will be able to
appreciate the complex nature of the concept and therefore, also, the
great difficulties in evolving viable and reliable statistical indicators
for its measurement.

The articles contained in this issue variously provide clarification on
the concepts involved, present a variety of innovative methodologies for
measuring decent work, attempt practical illustrations thereof, discuss
possible trade-offs between individual components of decent work and, of
course, seek to indicate the remaining problems requiring resolution
before decent work can be comprehensively measured. The special issue
closes with a glimpse of the relationship between decent work and human
development, established on the basis of cross-national data.

Further information is available at:

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/support/publ/revue/index.htm#LATEST%20ISSUE

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