26 October 2012

Aligning rights and interests: why, when and how to uphold labor standards

Professor Margaret Levi
Jere L. Bacharach Professor of International Studies, University of Washington

Aligning rights and interests: why, when and how to uphold labor standards

A background paper for the World Bank's 2012 Report on Good Jobs by Margaret Levi, Christopher Adolph, Daniel Berliner, Aaron Erlich, Anne Greenleaf and Milli Lake.

Professor Margaret Levi
Jere L. Bacharach Professor of International Studies, University of Washington
Margaret Levi was a Professor at the US Studies Centre from 2008 to 2013. Levi is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and Jere L. Bacharach Professor of International Studies and Director of the CHAOS (Comparative and Historical Analysis of Organizations and States) Center at the University of Washington, Seattle.

First published

26 October 2012

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