DOING BUSINESS 2009 - JOHN J. HADDAD, Ph.D.
DOING BUSINESS 2009 - JOHN J. HADDAD, Ph.D.
DOING BUSINESS 2009 - JOHN J. HADDAD, Ph.D.
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150 Doing Business <strong>2009</strong>Ratification status of the ILO core labor standards4 Convention ratifiedFreedom ofn Convention not ratifiedassociation andD Ratification denouncedcollective bargainingEconomyConvention87Convention98Elimination of forcedand compulsory labourConvention29Convention105Elimination of discriminationin respect of employment andoccupationConvention100Convention111Abolition ofchild labourConvention138St. Kitts and Nevis 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3St. Lucia 3 3 3 3 3 3 n 3St. Vincent and the Grenadines 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3Sudan n 3 3 3 3 3 3 3Suriname 3 3 3 3 n n n 3Swaziland 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3Sweden 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3Switzerland 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3Syria 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3Taiwan, China a — — — — — — — —Tajikistan 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3Tanzania 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3Thailand n n 3 3 3 n 3 3Timor-Leste n n n n n n n nTogo 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3Tonga n n n n n n n nTrinidad and Tobago 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3Tunisia 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3Turkey 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3Uganda 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3Ukraine 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3United Arab Emirates n n 3 3 3 3 3 3United Kingdom 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3United States n n n 3 n n n 3Uruguay 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3Uzbekistan n 3 3 3 3 3 n 3Vanuatu 3 3 3 3 3 3 n 3Venezuela 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3Vietnam n n 3 n 3 3 3 3West Bank and Gaza n n n n n n n nYemen 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3Zambia 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3Zimbabwe 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3Convention182Note: The table shows the ratification status of the 8 ILO conventions regarding core labor standards for the 181 economies included in Doing Business<strong>2009</strong> as of July 28, 2008. The ratification of these conventions is not included in the Doing Business employing workers indicators. Nor does Doing Businessmeasure compliance with the core labor standards. Doing Business will conduct further analysis on compliance with these standards in the coming years.One issue to be further explored concerns the relationship between national law and the ILO conventions. In some cases, for example, national law may gobeyond what is required in some of the ILO conventions and may not allow ratification for this reason. And in some cases where the ILO conventions havebeen ratified, national law may be in contradiction with some of the ILO conventions and may specifically give priority to the national over the internationalprovisions.a. Hong Kong (China), Puerto Rico and Taiwan (China) are not independent members of the ILO.Source: ILO, ILOLEX database (http://www.ilo.org/ilolex/).(c) The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank