Based on surveys of 300 micro and small-scale enterprises (MSEs) and 20 business development service (BDS) providers in Thailand and Viet Nam. Examines the types of services provided and identifies different methods of service provision: purchased services, services provided on a commission...

Provides an overview on the effects of off-shore software and computer services and the internationalization of data entry work on the quantity and quality of White collar employment in developing countries, particularly in Brazil and India.

Presents eight case studies of the indirect effects of multinationals on employment in six host countries. Includes a sample set of questionnaires addressed to local production units, sub-contractors and multinational subsidiaries contacted in the Brazilian study.

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on structural change and industrial policy trends from 1970-1980 in Japan - discusses adjustment to petroleum price increases and inflation, competition, changing occupational structure and trade structure, role of workers, trade unions and entrepreneurs (incl....

Provides an overview of how small contractors finance the necessary construction equipment for public works contracts in developing countries. Describes various financial mechanisms available to these contractors, focusing on leasing schemes, and examines ways to identify local financial partners.

Focuses on water and electricity services.

Based on data from the IX Censo nacional de poblacion y vivienda de 1993 del INEI and the Encuesta nacional de niveles de vida de 1994 (ENNIV) of Cuanto and World Bank, Encuestas de hogares anuales del Ministerio de Trabajo y Promocion Social from 1986 to 1996 (for urban area of Lima), Encuesta...

This report gives a broad, though not exhaustive outline of the conditions of work of homeworkers in the TCF industries, highlighting their problems. It describes the role and importance of home work in these industries within the context of recent globalization trends and brings out the extreme...

Explores the changing status of actors within an increasingly internationalized film and television industry. Discusses the implications of these changes for the activities of performers' trade unions and associations, focusing on job searching and the casting process, contracting practices and...