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1 Index Page 557 Wednesday, June 2, :36 AM International Labour Review, Vol. 142 (2003), No. 4 INDEX VOLUME 142 (2003) I. CHRONOLOGICAL Articles No./Page Decent work and competitiveness: Labour dimensions of accession to the European Union, Philippe Egger /5 Challenges facing nurses associations and unions: A global perspective, Paul F. Clark and Darlene A. Clark /29 Trade and investment effects of forced labour: An empirical assessment, Matthias Busse and Sebastian Braun /49 Decent work: Concept and indicators, Dharam Ghai /113 Measuring decent work with statistical indicators, Richard Anker, Igor Chernyshev, Philippe Egger, Farhad Mehran and Joseph A. Ritter /147 comparison, David Bescond, Anne Châtaignier and Farhad Mehran /179 A family of decent work indexes, Florence Bonnet, José B. Figueiredo and Guy Standing /213 Decent work and development policies, Gary S. Fields /239 Decent work and human development, Iftikhar Ahmed /263 Extending social security: Policies for developing countries, Wouter van Ginneken / 277 Gender equality at work in sub-saharan Africa: A case study of Mali s modern sector, Saliha Doumbia and Dominique Meurs /295 The certification of corporate conduct: Issues and prospects, Olivier Boiral /317 The effects of job-creation schemes in Morocco, Mohammed Bougroum and Aomar Ibourk /341 Discrimination and equality at work: A review of the concepts, Manuela Tomei /401 Collective bargaining and equality: Making connections, Adelle Blackett and Colleen Sheppard /419 Inequality at work in the informal economy: Key issues and illustrations, Barbara Harriss-White /459 Copyright International Labour Organization 2003

2 Index Page 558 Wednesday, June 2, :36 AM 558 International Labour Review Equal opportunities practices and enterprise performance: A comparative investigation on Australian and British data, Virginie Pérotin, Andrew Robinson and Joanne Loundes /471 Racial discrimination: Theories, facts and policy, Marco Fugazza... 4/507 Perspectives The ILO s Special Action Programme to Combat Forced Labour... 1/73 The minimum wage as a tool to combat discrimination and promote equality /543 II. AUTHORS AHMED, Iftikhar, Decent work and human development /263 ANKER, Richard (with Chernyshev, Igor; Egger, Philippe; Mehran, Farhad; and Ritter, Joseph A.), Measuring decent work BESCOND, David (with Châtaignier, Anne and Mehran, Farhad), comparison /179 BLACKETT, Adelle (with Sheppard, Colleen), Collective bargaining and equality: Making connections /419 BOIRAL, Olivier, The certification of corporate conduct: Issues and prospects /317 BONNET, Florence (with Figueiredo, José B. and Standing, Guy), A family of decent work indexes /213 BOUGROUM, Mohammed (with Ibourk, Aomar), The effects of job-creation schemes in Morocco /341 BRAUN, Sebastian (with Busse, Matthias), Trade and investment effects of forced labour: An empirical assessment /49 BUSSE, Matthias (with Braun, Sebastian), Trade and investment effects of forced labour: An empirical assessment /49 CHÂTAIGNIER, Anne (with Bescond, David and Mehran, Farhad), comparison /179 CHERNYSHEV, Igor (with Anker, Richard; Egger, Philippe; Mehran, Farhad; and Ritter, Joseph A.), Measuring decent work CLARK, Darlene A., (with Clark, Paul F.), Challenges facing nurses associations and unions: A global perspective /29 CLARK, Paul F. (with Clark, Darlene A.), Challenges facing nurses associations and unions: A global perspective /29 DOUMBIA, Saliha (with Meurs, Dominique), Gender equality at work in sub-saharan Africa: A case study of Mali s modern sector.... 3/295 EGGER, Philippe, Decent work and competitiveness: Labour dimensions of accession to the European Union /5

3 Index Page 559 Wednesday, June 2, :36 AM Index 559 EGGER, Philippe (with Anker, Richard; Chernyshev, Igor; Mehran, Farhad; and Ritter, Joseph A.), Measuring decent work FIELDS, Gary S., Decent work and development policies /239 FIGUEIREDO, José B. (with Bonnet, Florence and Standing, Guy), A family of decent work indexes /213 FUGAZZA, Marco, Racial discrimination: Theories, facts and policy /507 GHAI, Dharam, Decent work: Concept and indicators /113 GINNEKEN van, Wouter, Extending social security: Policies for developing countries / 277 HARRISS-WHITE, Barbara, Inequality at work in the informal economy: Key issues and illustrations /459 IBOURK, Aomar (with Bougroum, Mohammed), The effects of job-creation schemes in Morocco /341 LOUNDES, Joanne (with Pérotin, Virginie and Robinson, Andrew), Equal opportunities practices and enterprise performance: A comparative investigation on Australian and British data /471 MEHRAN, Farhad (with Anker, Richard; Chernyshev, Igor; Egger, Philippe; and Ritter, Joseph A.), Measuring decent work MEHRAN, Farhad (with Bescond, David and Châtaignier, Anne), comparison /179 MEURS, Dominique (with Doumbia, Saliha), Gender equality at work in sub-saharan Africa: A case study of Mali s modern sector.... 3/295 PÉROTIN, Virginie (with Robinson, Andrew and Loundes, Joanne), Equal opportunities practices and enterprise performance: A comparative investigation on Australian and British data /471 RITTER, Joseph A. (with Anker, Richard; Chernyshev, Igor; Egger, Philippe; and Mehran, Farhad), Measuring decent work ROBINSON, Andrew (with Pérotin, Virginie and Loundes, Joanne), Equal opportunities practices and enterprise performance: A comparative investigation on Australian and British data /471 SHEPPARD, Colleen (with Blackett, Adelle), Collective bargaining and equality: Making connections /419 STANDING, Guy (with Bonnet, Florence and Figueiredo, José B.), A family of decent work indexes /213 TOMEI, Manuela, Discrimination and equality at work: A review of the concepts /401

4 Index Page 560 Wednesday, June 2, :36 AM 560 International Labour Review III. BOOK REVIEWS Beyond the new paternalism: Basic security as equality, Guy Standing /87 Family life and family interests: A comparative study on the influence of the European Convention of Human Rights on Dutch family law and the influence of the United States Constitution on American family law, Gerda A. Kleijkamp /90 The dynamics of full employment: Social integration through transitional labour markets, Günther Schmid and Barnard Gazier (eds.) /91 Labour market and social protection reforms in international perspective: Parallel or converging tracks?, Hedva Sarfati and Giuliano Bonoli (eds.) /373 Labour market planning revisited, Michael Hopkins /375 Reinventing functional finance: Transformational growth and full employment, Edward J. Nell and Matthew Forstater (eds.) /376 Economic development IV. SUBJECTS Decent work and development policies, Gary S. Fields /239 Employment The effects of job-creation schemes in Morocco, Mohammed Bougroum and Aomar Ibourk /341 Forced labour Trade and investment effects of forced labour: An empirical assessment, Matthias Busse and Sebastian Braun /49 The ILO s Special Action Programme to Combat Forced Labour (perspective) /73 Gender Gender equality at work in sub-saharan Africa: A case study of Mali s modern sector, Saliha Doumbia and Dominique Meurs /295 Information and statistics Measuring decent work with statistical indicators, Richard Anker, Igor Chernyshev, Philippe Egger, Farhad Mehran and Joseph A. Ritter /147 comparison, David Bescond, Anne Châtaignier and Farhad Mehran /179 A family of decent work indexes, Florence Bonnet, José B. Figueiredo and Guy Standing /213

5 Index Page 561 Wednesday, June 2, :36 AM Index 561 Informal sector Inequality at work in the informal economy: Key issues and illustrations, Barbara Harriss-White /459 International policy and regional integration Decent work and competitiveness: Labour dimensions of accession to the European Union, Philippe Egger /5 Labour relations Challenges facing nurses associations and unions: A global perspective, Paul F. Clark and Darlene A. Clark /29 Labour law and economics The certification of corporate conduct: Issues and prospects, Olivier Boiral /317 Collective bargaining and equality: Making connections, Adelle Blackett and Colleen Sheppard /419 Social security Extending social security: Policies for developing countries, Wouter van Ginneken / 277 Social policy, social protection and social development Decent work and human development, Iftikhar Ahmed /263 Discrimination and equality at work: A review of the concepts, Manuela Tomei /401 Equal opportunities practices and enterprise performance: A comparative investigation on Australian and British data, Virginie Pérotin, Andrew Robinson and Joanne Loundes /471 Racial discrimination: Theories, facts and policy, Marco Fugazza.... 4/507 The minimum wage as a tool to combat discrimination and promote equality (perspective) /543 Working conditions, nature of work and work organization Decent work: Concept and indicators, Dharam Ghai /113

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