Reviews provisions in ILO standards that refer to finance, the financial sector as a whole, financial isntitutions, financial instruments and policies addressed to the financial sector.

Assesses existing experiences with funds pooled by migrants contributing to the creation of income-generating activities in their countries of origin.

Based on a survey of 105 credit cooperatives carried out in 1993. Focuses on the effects of external funding on the growth of credit unions, their resource base and diversity, especially savings mobilization from members, profitability and loan delinquency.