Global Construction and Asian Workers

Expansion of TNCs in Asia and Implications for Labour
by Daeoup Chang
Published by AMRC and BWI

The construction industry is the single biggest non-agricultural industry in the capitalist world. More than 70% of the 111 million workers employed worldwide are in developing countries. With the two biggest countries China and India, Asia accounts for more than half of the global construction workforce.

This research study, covering Thailand, Indonesia, Cambodia, Philippines, Malaysia and China, was conducted in 2006 and completed in 2007. It gives a picture of the current trends of the construction industry in Asia, with special focus on the workforce demographics and labour conditions in construction projects operated by TNCs and their subcontractors.

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