Assessing and Addressing the Effects of Trade on Employment (ETE)
The project aims to support the analysis and formulation of effective and coherent trade and labour market policies that address the adjustment challenges that workers and employers face and expand opportunities for the creation of decent employment in developing countries. The first phase (2009-2013) has been completed and the second phase (ETE II) is currently underway.
The project aims to support the analysis and formulation of effective and coherent trade and labour market policies that address the adjustment challenges that workers and employers face and expand opportunities for the creation of decent employment in developing countries. Actions are taken at the global level and in four pilot countries, to strengthen the capacity of policy makers, researchers and the social partners to assess, address and monitor the effects of trade on employment. The project is implemented by the International Labour Organization and funded by the European Union. The first phase (2009-2013) has been completed and the second phase (ETE II) is currently underway.
ETE Country Reports
Indonesia
Benin
Guatemala
Main objectives of the project
- Develop global knowledge tools that can support the formulation of coherent trade and labour market policies at the national level, based on sound data and diagnosis, with the involvement of the social partners.
- Enable the design of effective and coherent trade and labour market policies that maximize employment-related opportunities created by trade and minimize the adjustment costs of trade-induced economic restructuring.
Project Research
Trade and Employment: From Myths to Facts- Chapter 1 - M. Jansen, R. Peters and J.M. Salazar-Xirinachs. Introduction: Towards a Coherent Trade and Employment Policy
- Chapter 2 - M. McMillan and I. Verduzco. New Evidence on Trade and Employment: An Overview
- Chapter 3 - B. Gibson. Assessing the Impact of Trade on Employment
- Chapter 4 - A. Sinha. Trade and the Informal Economy
- Chapter 5 - G. Berik. Gender Aspects of Trade
- Chapter 6 - J. Francois, M. Jansen and R. Peters. Trade Adjustment Cost and Assistance: The Labour Market Dynamics
- Chapter 7 - O. Cadot, C. Carrère and V. Strauss-Kahn. Trade Diversification: Drivers and Impacts
- Overview - D. Cheong, M. Jansen and R. Peters. Shared Harvests: Agriculture, Trade and Employment - An Overview
- Chapter 1 - D. Cheong and M. Jansen. Employment, Productivity, and Trade in Developing-Country Agriculture
- Chapter 2 - R. Peters. Legal Aspects of Trade in Agriculture: WTO Agreement on Agriculture and Preferential Trade Agreements
- Chapter 3 - R. Peters and D. Vanzetti. Trade and agricultural employment linkages in general equilibrium modeling
- Chapter 4 - S. Raihan. Economic Reforms and Agriculture in Bangladesh: Assessment of Impacts Using Economy-Wide Simulation Models
- Chapter 5 - S. Bio Goura, E. Adjovi and I.F. Aboudou. Impact of Agricultural Trade on Employment in Benin
- Chapter 6 - L. Linares and R. Zelaya. Foreign Trade and Agricultural Employment in Guatemala
- Chapter 7 - R. Oktaviani and D. Vanzetti. Trade, Productivity, and Employment Linkages in Indonesian Agriculture
- Chapter 8 - S. Karingi and S. Mevel. Towards a Continental Free Trade Area in Africa: A CGE Modeling Assessment with a Focus on Agriculture
- Chapter 9 D. Vanzetti and A. Nikolić. Potential Impacts of WTO and EU Accession on the Agricultural Sector in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Chapter 10 R. Peters and D. Vanzetti. A Coherent Agriculture Trade Policy for Mexico
- B. Boie. Labour related Provisions in International Investment Agreements
- C. Häberli, M. Jansen and J.A. Monteiro. Regional Trade Agreements and Domestic Labour Market Regulations
- E. Ornelas. Preferential Trade Agreements and the Labor Market
- E. Von Uexkull. Regional Trade and Employment in ECOWAS
- S. Raihan. Impact of Trade in Services on Employment in Bangladesh: Special Reference to the IT Sector
- N. Gnichi. L’impact du commerce des services sur l’emploi : La Logistique Maritime et le secteur des Services Portuaires au Bénin
- J. Whalley Developing Countries and The Services, Trade, Employment Nexus
- H. Maul Rivas and L. Bolaños Fletes. El Impacto del Comercio de Servicios en el Empleo: El Sector Call Centre y Servicio al Cliente en Guatemala
- C. Manning and H. Aswicahyono. Trade and Employment in Services: The Case of Indonesia
ETE Country Reports
Project Events
Global- May 2013 - Book Launch “Shared Harvests: Agriculture, Trade and Employment” in Geneva, Switzerland
- May 2013 – ETE project team organizes seminar on “Better Inputs for Decent-Work Analysis” about labour statistics in the GTAP (Global Trade Analysis Project) database
- April 2013 - ETE project Chief Technical Adviser contributes to UN-CEB Cluster Course on “Integrating the Trade Dimension in the UN Development Assistance Framework” in Beirut, Lebanon
- January 2013 - ETE project team participates and contributes to ITC training course on "Trade, FDI, and Labour Markets" in Turin, Italy
- October 2012 - Circulation of Overview of upcoming book on “Shared Harvests: Agriculture, Trade and Employment” at WTO Public Forum, Geneva, Switzerland
- August/September 2012 - Presentation of ETE Research “Trade and Employment in Indonesia: CGE Analysis” at the GTAP and ETSG annual conferences
- May 2012 - ETE project team participates and contributes to ITC technical training course on “Assessing the Effects of Trade on Employment: SAM-based Multiplier Analysis” in Turin, Italy
- January 2012 - ILO-UNCTAD Policy Debate on “Trade and Employment: From Myths to Facts” in Geneva, Switzerland
- October 2011 - Book Launch “Trade and Employment: From Myths to Facts - ILO-EC publication” in Brussels, Belgium
- September 2011 - ETE-sponsored research is presented at the ICITE African Regional Conference in Tunis, Tunisia
- July 2011 - ETE project team participates and contributes to 2nd. Edition of ITC training course on “International Trade and Labour Markets” in Turin, Italy
- June 2011 - ETE-sponsored research is presented at the ICITE Latin American Regional Conference in Santiago, Chile
- April 2011 - ETE-sponsored research is presented at the ICITE Asian Regional Conference in Manila, Phillippines
- May 2010 - ETE project team participates and contributes to 1st. Edition of ITC training course on “International Trade and Labour Markets” in Turin, Italy
- December 2009 - Expert meeting on Assessing and Addressing the Effects of Trade on Employment
Indonesia
- July 2013 - National Seminar
- December 2012 - Joint ILO-ADB-OECD policy event on “Trade and Employment in a Globalized World”
- July 2012 - 5th. Policy Working Group Meeting
- February 2012 - 4th. Policy Working Group Meeting
- June 2011 - 3rd. Policy Working Group Meeting
- February 2011 - 2nd. Policy Working Group Meeting
- February 2011 - Training for Specialists in Indonesia: Assessing the Effects of Trade on Employment
- January 2011 - 1st. Policy Working Group Meeting
- November 2010 - World Integrated Trade Solution Training
- July 2010 - Knowledge Sharing Workshop on “Assessing and Addressing the Effects of Trade on Employment (ETE)”
- May 2010 - Training for Trade Unions
- February 2010 - Assessing and Addressing the Effects of Trade on Employment (ETE) in Indonesia
- November 2009 - Presentation of project at UNCTAD course
- November 2009 - Project Start in Indonesia
- July 2013 - National Seminar
- March 2013 - 4th. Policy Working Group Meeting
- October 2012 - 3rd. Policy Working Group Meeting
- June 2012 - 2nd. Policy Working Group Meeting
- October 2011 - 1st. Policy Working Group Meeting
- February 2011 - Training for Specialists in Bangladesh: Assessing the Effects of Trade on Employment
- August 2010 - Tripartite Knowledge Sharing Workshop on Assessing and Addressing the Effects of Trade on Employment
- May 2010 - Training on "Basic Concepts in International Trade and Employment"
- January 2010 - Project Start in Bangladesh
Benin
- June 2013 - National Seminar
- April 2013 - 5th. Policy Working Group Meeting
- December 2012 - 4th. Policy Working Group Meeting
- November 2012 - 3rd. Policy Working Group Meeting
- May 2012 - 2nd. Policy Working Group Meeting
- March 2012 - 1st. Policy Working Group Meeting
- June 2011 - Training for Specialists in Benin: Assessing the Effects of Trade on Employment
- January 2011 - Official Project Launch and Tripartite Knowledge Sharing Workshop on Assessing and Addressing the Effects of Trade on Employment
- April 2010 - Project Start in Benin
Guatemala
- July 2013 - National Seminar
- May 2013 - 5th. Policy Working Group Meeting
- January 2013 - 4th. Policy Working Group Meeting
- November 2012 - 3rd. Policy Working Group Meeting
- September 2012 - 2nd. Policy Working Group Meeting
- July 2012 - UNESCO-EU-ILO Meeting on Skills, Training and Youth Employment (Extraordinary Policy Working group Meeting)
- May 2012 - 1st. Policy Working Group Meeting
- November 2011 - Training for Trade Unions
- August 2011 - Training for Specialists in Guatemala: Assessing the Effects of Trade on Employment
- April 2011 - Official Project Launch and Tripartite Knowledge Sharing Workshop on Assessing and Addressing the Effects of Trade on Employment
- November 2010 - Project Start in Guatemala