Outlines the present state of the labour market, the mechanisms available to support the attainment of full, productive and decent employment, and examines critically the institutions, processes and capacity of the market as well as the manner of their interaction.

This paper discusses the employment policy mechanisms in the EU and the United Kingdom and Germany.

Based on interviews of returned migrants and persons from Ministries, Embassies and NGOs, examines emigration flows, mainly to Greece and Italy. Distinguishes between trafficked and non-trafficked persons, the respective working conditions encountered, threats and violence experienced, whether...

Looks at the fundamental importance of employment for development.

ILO pub. Article on development planning alternatives and scenarios for basic needs satisfaction and economic growth in Brazil, India, Kenya and Colombia - applying a simulation socio-economic model based on quantified systems approach, for the period from 1980 to 2000, shows that although the...

ILO pub. Article on international experience with minimum wage fixing and its role in wage determination - covers the use of minimum wage to protect vulnerable groups of low income workers, to determine ' fair' wages, to set a basic floor to the wage structure, and as an instrument of...

Introduces the notion of employment elasticity and describes statistical methods for its estimation. Based on annual labour force surveys and censuses, estimates the employment elasticity of major sectors in Indonesia between 1977 and 1996. Makes recommendations based on a comparison of the...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on industrial structure change in a small open economy, comprising a case study of adjustment successes in the Netherlands - discusses the economic structure, economic growth trends (1960-1983), and impact of economic recession and international division of labour...

Identifies to what extent, and in which way external shocks and the need for a different development pattern has affected economic growth in for Eastern European countries.