Traces how stabilisation policies have affected economic development in general and the level of certain groups in particular.

Working paper on choice of technology in the rice milling industry and related agricultural machinery industry of Thailand. Examines the impact of trends in supply and demand, labour supply, price policies, fiscal policies and competition with USA. Discusses technical aspects of rice processing...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on structural change and industrial policy trends from 1970-1980 in Japan - discusses adjustment to petroleum price increases and inflation, competition, changing occupational structure and trade structure, role of workers, trade unions and entrepreneurs (incl....

Focuses on the period between 1985 and 2001.

Criticizes the standard international definition of unemployment as being too restrictive to measure accurately unemployment in labour- surplus economies. Using Indonesia as a basis, proposes a definition which is based on trends in real wages which aims to reflect the real extent of labour...

Reports on the impact of the structural adjustment programme adopted in 1986 on employment.

Includes a review of urbanization trends since the 1960s.

Covers the period from the 1980s to 1990.

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper, economic analysis of the impact of economic policy responses to external debt on employment and wages in Brazil and Chile - discusses trends in minimum wages, unemployment and underemployment; reviews the economic implications and social implications of reduced...