Examines the economic significance of micro and small enterprises (MSEs) in Viet Nam and assesses the policy and legal environment for MSEs in seven key areas: specific MSE policies; business laws and regulations; taxation; labour policy; trade; finance, credit and bankruptcy polices; and...

ILO pub. Working paper on the effects of multinational enterprise on employment in Brazil - provides historical background to foreign investment in brazil, and studies the role of multinational enterprise in industrial structure and industrialization, productivity, capital intensiveness, wages,...

Examines the use of social accounting matrices in development planning.

Provides an assessment of the economic and labour market impacts of the financial and economic crisis in Asia and the Pacific and reviews national policy responses to the crisis.

ILO pub-wep pub. Working paper on semi-feudalism, migration and government policy in Guyana - covers historical background of forced labour, immigrant and contract labour, transition to free labour, obstacles to agricultural development, land tenure, wage policy, labour policy, effects of...

Provides a conceptual and normative framework for developing an appropriate policy response to some of the problems posed by the informal economy.

Reports on the impact of the structural adjustment programme adopted in 1986 on employment.

Examines the policy, legal and institutional framework for micro and small enterprises (MSEs) in Chile from 1990 to 2000. Provides a general overview of the Chilean political and economic systems, describes economic and employment performance in MSEs and assesses the effects of the policy and...