Deals with unregulated but legal financial entities operating in the semi-formal financial sector, essentially membership-based self-help organizations and outside assistance-based nongovernmental organizations. Provides a framework of questions and indicators to form the basis for a monitoring...

Based on national surveys of women entrepreneurs and micro-finance clients in Nepal (135 clients) and Pakistan (104 clients). Examines the impact of micro-finance and microenterprise development on the economic and possible social empowerment of women in the two countries, highlighting...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper comprising a questionnaire survey of households of Yugoslav migrant workers in Germany, Federal Republic - examines the impact of emigration on the labour market in Yugoslavia and in host country, and covers occupational structure, skill and educational level,...

ILO pub-WEP pub-PREALC pub. Working paper describing the development of a general economic equilibrium basic needs econometric model using as a base the 1975 national accounting matrix of Ecuador - covers production factors, income distribution, savings, investment, trade, etc.; presents a...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper comprising a statistical analysis of the influence of demographic variables on household savings rate in the Philippines - examines life cycle effects in function with family size and age of the head of the family, and constitutes part of a WEP research project on...

Based on a survey of 275 clients of a microfinance institution (MFI) in Lusaka. Analyses the economic stresses to which low-income entrepreneurs are vulnerable, examines their coping strategies and assesses the potential demand for microinsurance and other risk-managing financial services such...

Describes and assesses micro-finance schemes operating in the Kalookan City, Quezon City and Marikina.

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper using data for Kenya to re-examine the hypothesis that high rates of population growth have negative economic implications due to the negative effects of children on savings - constitutes part of a WEP research project on population and employment. References and...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper, comparison of the balance of payments, economic growth and employment in Egypt and Turkey - considers relevant development economics issues and economic theories; covers economic structure, labour force participation, the economic role of the public sector, wages,...