Working paper on the impact of post-independence development policies and agricultural policies on rural women in Mozambique. Examines the political ideology regarding the economic and social roles of women, particularly in the agricultural sector. Explains women's traditional role in...

Discusses the role of African cooperatives in creating salaried employment and self employment in worker-owned, social and financial cooperatives.

ILO pub. Article describing the institutional framework, administrative aspects and services of an established rural worker organization in the Philippines - covers financing support, provision of legal aid, workers education, agricultural cooperative activities, membership recruitment, control...

ILO pub. Article describing the cooperative education training programme carried out by the agricultural cooperative movement in Greece - examines the present situation, relates it to the educational system and evaluates training needs.

Aims at analysing and systematizing the health challenges faced by the poorest strata of urban workers and to discuss solutions. Uses interviews carried out with ILO and WHO staff members from different departments and programmes, completed with interviews with professionals from other...

Using data from a selection of ten countries in Asia and Africa, estimates the macro-economic costs of excluding people with disabilities from the world of work.

Covers the period from 1988 to 1993.