Obstacles
to Ratification of the 1990 Convention in Australia, China
and
Mongolia
Aim: This project would be the first step
in
conducting research in Nepal and Mongolia and would also be used as a
means of
bringing these two countries into the APMRN. The Australian case study
will
provide more information about attitudes and obstacles in receiving
countries.
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.
