One of a series of reports examining issues related to equality for women in employment. Provides an overview of the treatment of women in social security programmes in Latin America, the Caribbean, and Sub- Saharan Africa. Calls attention to four separate aspects of gender bias. Also traces the...

Covers trends in the 1980s and 1990s. Includes case studies of social and labour policies in eight companies.

Analyses the applications of bacterial leaching in non-coal mining, and considers potential benefits of the adoption of this technology by developing countries.

The paper presented three related issues. A first objective was to shed light on some of the facts of the employment impacts of trade and investments abroad, including highly controversial themes as off-shoring of the production of goods and services. A second objective was to debate the options...

ILO pub. Article on the effect of changes in the economic structure upon employment in developing countries - discusses factors such as varying sectoral growth rates, social change and industrial development as well as the implications of structural change in developed countries. References.

Working paper comprising a case study of the impact of men's circular internal migration on non-migrating rural women farmers in two Kalimantan forest villages in Borneo, Indonesia. Explains survey methodology. Discusses the social role of migration in their traditional culture. Considers social...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper comprising a literature survey on trends in relationships between fertility patterns, family social roles and labour policy - referring to an earlier ILO investigation (KC Doctor, "Employment and labour policies in relation to fertility patterns", 1972), reviews...

Includes estimates on the volume of emigration from Turkey to EC countries if Turks had freedom of movement rights.