Towards a global regime on contract compliance?

This article assesses arguments on contract compliance in relation to natio nal and international regional policies. A wide range of policy types from no policy to combinations of employment equity and contract compliance are found, suggesting that prospects for the development of a global regime thr ough the World Trade Organisation are not favourable. This will result in i ncreased business costs from varying national and regional requirements, us e of social and employment conditions to protect national contractors, and social dumping. An approach combining governmental and business action is p roposed to overcome the problems facing intergovernmental agreement on norm s and specific measures.