The extension of the Bamako informal sector project to the other cities is the occasion for the 1986 survey of 87 blacksmiths, leather workers, weavers, shoe makers, metal workers and carpenters in Tombouctou. They are organized in four trade associations supported by the ILO-executed technical...

Covers the period from the mid-1960s to 1990.

Analyses the nature, and the socioeconomic and employment implications of the restructuring of small and medium sized enterprises manufacturing motor vehicle components in a central region of Argentina. Uses two models in the analysis (just-in-time, just-enough-resources, total quality control,...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on the effect of microelectronics technological change on employment and work organization in the Brazilian motor vehicle industry - discusses production, employment and export trends, labour costs, and the extent and pattern of industrial robot and numerical...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on the impact of microelectronics technological change on employment in the motor vehicle industry of Italy - discusses industrial structure and trends; based on case studies of Fiat and Alfa Romeo, examines effects of industrial robots, numerical control machine...