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Health Services: Public or tradable services? By Mariarosaria Iorio, International Political Analyst

Winners from the neo-liberal credo, mostly corporations and multinationals succeeded in propagating the idea that the market needs little or no regulation as it can regulate itself through the Invisible Hand . According to this vision of the world, global wealth would automatically cascade to the vulnerable groups, including women through the opportunities provided by the market. The adoption and the implementation of this neo-liberal credo limited governments’ policy space both locally and globally. As a result, governments reduced…

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Labour and Workers: Quest for Social Justice

With the approach of Labour Day on l May 2009, a new publication is a timely contribution to the debate concerning the world of Labour and Workers. Following is the introduction to an Executive Summary issued at a recent event held at the International Labour Office in Geneva to launch the book in the presence of its authors. It included an informal discussion on the origins and progress of the ILO in the development and expansion of its standard-setting,…

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