Reviews the debate and the frameworks in terms of the concept of catching up, the policy issues raised, and the principles guiding the design of industrial policies. Provides a comparative analysis between the growth perspective and the institutional economics approach, draws lessons for the...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on theoretical approaches to underemployment, disguised unemployment and labour force participation in developing countries - constitutes part of a WEP research project on population and employment. References.

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on labour market and economic implications of computerization in developing countries - develops a conceptual framework for the economic analysis of employment and income distributional impact of microelectronics innovations and technology transfer; expects...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper presenting an econometric model for economic forecasting of population, labour force, educational levels and employment in developing countries, as applied to Ecuador - describes the labour market models use in making projections of labour supply, labour demand,...

Provides an overview on the effects of off-shore software and computer services and the internationalization of data entry work on the quantity and quality of White collar employment in developing countries, particularly in Brazil and India.

Investigates the role of women workers in the manufacturing sector in general, and its sub-sectors in particular, from 1971 to 1991, especially in the light of technological development, globalization and employment flexibility.

Based on data obtained from a database on the informal sector created by the ILO's Bureau of Statistics in 1998 and updated in 2001.