Studies the services provided by Islamic banks and considers measures to facilitate their role in the financing of small and medium enterprises in Africa.

Traces how stabilisation policies have affected economic development in general and the level of certain groups in particular.

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper, comparison of the effects of trade and external debt on employment and income distribution in Ghana and Nigeria, 1970-1986 - examines economic growth trends in agricultural production and manufacturing, export earnings, public expenditure and basic needs...

Criticizes the standard international definition of unemployment as being too restrictive to measure accurately unemployment in labour- surplus economies. Using Indonesia as a basis, proposes a definition which is based on trends in real wages which aims to reflect the real extent of labour...

Working paper on choice of technology in the rice milling industry and related agricultural machinery industry of Thailand. Examines the impact of trends in supply and demand, labour supply, price policies, fiscal policies and competition with USA. Discusses technical aspects of rice processing...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on the effect of taxation and subsidy programmes on income distribution in Sri Lanka - examines tax revenue (covering import tax, consumption tax, licence taxes and income tax), and public expenditure on basic needs (incl. Food subsidies, health, transport, social...