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Globalization of production has created an environment for labor-management relations that involves international actors and spans countries. This paper analyses the case of the...

The report is about the Laos 7th national socio-economic development plan (2011-2015). The aims are to achieve sustainable economic growth and reduce poverty (and inequality), a...

This policy brief aims to outline the current state of human rights in relation to the garment industry in Cambodia and offers recommendations for reforms. The brief includes an...

This report aims to provide a clearer picture of the current labor market and future trends in Cambodia. The authors examine key labour, economic and demographic trends; key cha...

This presentation provides an update on trends in migration and policies in Asia. Data is provided on intra-ASEAN migration shares; shares of outflow of international migrant wo...

A presentation analysing recent trends in migration and policies in Asia. Data is provided on the outflow of migrants to Gulf countries, southeast Asian countries, and Korea. Pu...

A briefing arguing that Thailand should remain on Tier 3 in the 2015 US Trafficking in Persons Report. The briefing reviews the Thai Government’s actions against the minimum sta...

A report about the global shrimp market and forced labour in the industry. The report summarises the global shrimp market and supply chains, and provides a closer analysis of th...

A joint submission on the situation of human trafficking for labour exploitation in Cambodia, prepared for the 2013 Universal Periodic Review on human rights. The submitters hi...

A report summarising the situation and issues faced both at work and in the communities by Cambodian migrants in one district in Thailand. The report provides demographic and em...

A case analysis on the Kandal 11, a group of eleven Cambodian males who were exploited on a fishing boat in Thailand. The document provides information on their recruitment, mig...

The report of a study to explore whether a labour shortage is expected in Cambodia’s agricultural sector 2014-2019. The authors attempt to provide summary labour estimates for v...

A presentation about labour and social trends in ASEAN 2010. The presenter discusses economic recovery and the challenge of re-balancing growth. They then cover labour market re...

A report reflecting on the mass exodus of Cambodian migrants from Thailand in June 2014. The report is based on interviews with Cambodian migrants on both side of the border as ...

A briefing paper about child labour, non-payment of wages and falsified documents at Narong Seafood, a Thai shrimp processing factory that supplies to Walmart. The briefing is b...

A report documenting human trafficking and labour and human rights abuses in Thailand's fishing industry. Based on investigations in 2013, the report documents testimonies of Bu...

This article explores how the Khmer Rouge’s restructuring of the environment into a socialist utopian space could be explained as an attempt to establish and tighten control ove...

The paper examines key issues and problems faced by Burmese migrant workers and their families, the Royal Thai Government and the employers. Hundreds of thousands of Burmese mig...

The report of a scoping study into the needs and situation of Cambodian migrant workers in Klong Yai district. This study follows a 2004 gender analysis of trafficking through K...

This report describes labour practices in the Laos garments export sector as seen by both management and labour. It is based on an analysis of primary data collected through a r...