Work & Health
Work as a determinant of health: occupational safety, income and working poverty, informality and health coverage, labour migration and social protection. Research from the Georgian Institute of Labour Studies (GILS).
GILS Decent Work Scorecard for Georgia: 15 Indicators, Sourced — and Why We Withdrew a Single-Number Index
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