ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on the commercialization of agricultural equipment generated by research and development in Bangladesh - describes the institutional framework for developing prototypes; outlines farmer's attitudes to innovations; contrasts private sector success in marketing new...

Examines potential markets for "private training" or training services offered on a commercial basis. Discusses the role that private sector actors can play through Business Development Services (BDS).

Examines the effects of awareness-raising programmes at different levels of education on the promotion of self-employment and entrepreneurship as career options for young people entering the labour market. Provides examples of programmes in developed, developing and transition countries,...

Explores how public actors, especially in home countries, link foreign direct investment (FDI) to labour and employment issues.

Covers the numbers of persons employed, the volume of health care expenditure, the machinery for fixed remuneration, the systems of job classification, the respective roles of the social partners, and the different elements making up take-home pay. Comparisons with other occupations, between the...

Reviews international best practice in the area of business development services (BDS) for small and medium-sized enterprises and assesses the potential for replication of some of the more promising approaches in Thailand. Includes the text of the ILO Recommendation concerning General Conditions...

Explores the role of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in the development of small enterprises in developing countries. Considers the conditions that must be met: connectivity, security and legal framework, roles of the government and the private sector in developing...

Discusses small enterprise development and private sector development as key methods for alleviating poverty.