Summarizes employment oriented macroeconomic and financial policies that governments in developing countries can adopt to help promote more and better employment as a key to reducing poverty over the medium to long run.

Describes the activities of Youth Business International (YBI) in aiding unemployed young people to become entrepreneurs.

ILO pub. Working paper on a case study of three multinational enterprises in the electronics industry in Singapore, highlighting the impact of choice of technology on employment creation - covers the adaptability of multinationals to rapid technological change and to labour market variations,...

ILO pub. Working paper on employment creation effects of multinational enterprise use of appropriate choice of technology in developing countries - reviews briefly weaknesses of existing studies; discusses direct and indirect employment impact, technological adaptation and MNE investment return...

ILO pub. Working paper on ILO research on multinational enterprises and social policy - covers research studies on multinational enterprises in the metalworking industry, petroleum industry, textile industry, shoe leather industry and clothing industry, employment creation impact of choice of...

Focuses on multinational enterprise (MNE) direct investment in manufacturing and assembly, i.e. the globalization of industry via foreign direct investment, with some references to FDI in services as well. Argues that MNE investment can be a powerful force to create employment and decent work....