ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper describing the theoretical basis of the bachue-Yugoslavia demographic-economic model under construction for development policy simulation and regional planning - constitutes part of a WEP research project concerning population and employment. Diagrams, references...

ILO pub. Article describing the organization and implementation of a regional planning Experiment in relation to basic needs satisfaction in Madagascar - outlines advantages of development planning decentralization (groups of districts) permitting control over choice of technology, capital...

Examines the continuing prevalence of debt bondage in the 1990s despite the introduction of national legislation banning the practice. Makes recommendations to the Government and the international community for actions to be taken to eliminate bonded labour and provide rehabilitation for freed...

Examines the incidence of bonded labour in the mining industry. Focuses on the main issues of labour arrangements in the sector and the implications of these arrangements for those involved.

Examines the role of skills in cluster development and how skills development can facilitate cluster development, in particular in developing countries.