Argues that the current contributions of the Madagascar financial system to generating investment, employment and incomes in the Madagascar economy is inadequate and suggests policy and structural transformations that can be initiated to greatly improve the macroeconomic context for labour...

ILO pub. Working paper examining the relationship between employment creation and choice of technology by multinational enterprises in Brazil - based on three case studies, discusses the irrelevance of labour cost, examines the impact of economic policies, absence of employment policies, etc....

Shows that the severe decline experienced by Tanzania in the early 1980s was a result of incompatible trade, exchange rate and monetary policies and delayed adjustment.

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...

Gives examples of local institutional assistance to the urban informal sector. Reviews trends from 1983 to 1990.

Provides an overview of the Chilean economy in the last 40 years and analyses macroeconomic policies in the 1990-2005 period. Argues that economy- wide prosperity may still fall short of providing enough jobs of good quality and in fostering social integration and social fairness.

Analyses the extent to which the performance of Peruvian microfinance institutions during the period 1998-2002 was linked to policy initiatives by national authorities.

Looks into the effects that rapid liberalization of economies has had on labour and capital worldwide.