Impacts of Ratification of the 1990
Convention in the Philippines and Sri Lanka
Aim: One of the major obstacles to ratification of
the 1990 Convention is the view that such ratification will
involve heavy costs of implementation/monitoring and will also
lead to the loss of markets for overseas workers. Some countries
have had experiences of being advised not to ratify or their
workers will be rejected. At the same time, there have been
moves to bring sending countries together to create some sense
of solidarity, and concerted ratification within this region
has at least been discussed.
Research Method:
(1)
Analysis of
data - to examine changing patterns in terms of numbers (including
skill levels) and destinations before and after ratification;
(2)
Interviews with
20 Key Informants in government, trade unions, NGOs, overseas
worker groups, etc to evaluate the costs incurred in both implementation
and monitoring and potential loss of markets and the benefits
that have flowed since ratification;
(3)
Investigation
of governmental action vis-à-vis worker abuse abroad
as well as governmental encouragement of other sending states
in this region to ratify;
(4)
Investigation
of expressed interest by non-ratifiers (sending of delegations
etc.)
A framework for evaluating
the impacts will be developed.
Research contacts:
Nicola Pipe, fieldwork Sri Lanka (piper@unrisd.org)
Sithy Fathima
Zulfika, Sri Lanka (sxulfika@pobox.une.edu.au)
Marla Asis, Philippines (smc@smc.org.ph)
Report
