Undertakes a content analysis of 2009 - 2010 IMF Article IV consultations for a sample of thirty low income and twenty middle income countries on fiscal adjustment, inflation targets, employment generation, poverty reduction and expansion of social protection.

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....

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on the economic implications of petroleum price increases in Peru, 1973 to 1980 - reviews trends in economic conditions; examines impact of higher oil prices on balance of trade, balance of payments, external debt, inflation and employment; looks at power...

ILO pub-WEP pub-PREALC pub. Working paper presenting the macroeconomics dimension of capital formation and basic needs planning in Latin America - based on an economic model, discusses the role of economic policy, public investment and wage policy in economic growth; explains the relation...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on employment policies and economic policies in pursuit of structural change and stabilization in Yugoslavia - examines economic structures, inflation, external debt, ineffective resource allocation, underemployment, unemployment, regional disparity, shortcomings...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on effects of interest rates on employment and income distribution, with particular reference to developing countries - reviews related economic theories; considers consequences of higher inflation rates in Chile and Turkey; supports the setting up of realistic...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper examining the impact of higher energy costs, partic. Petroleum price increases, on economic development trends, 1970-1982, in Zambia - covers balance of payments, economic growth, trade, inflation, wages, employment, income distribution, consumption, etc.;...