Working paper comprising a case study on the economic role of low income rural women, especially as women workers employed in subsistence farming in Andra Pradesh, India. Covers labour force participation, sexual division of labour, sex discrimination in land tenure and occupational structure,...

Reports on research conducted in five communities to determine the attitudes, practices and living conditions of potential target groups for a project to implement nonformal educational programmes for women.

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on work migration and development planning in Swaziland - analyses external and internal migration rates, rural migration, and ruralincome growth, refers to rural area development projects, and forms part of a WEP research project. Diagrams, graphs, references and...

Analyses the constraints faced by women entrepreneurs in Bangladesh, followed by an overview on programmes and projects supporting women entrepreneurs, including training, advice on technology, marketing and financial support. Suggests practical solutions and recommendations that could ease the...

Describes projects of governments and nongovernmental organizations that support women's informal sector work and offer family planning information and services through work-based groups.

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on human settlement programmes for land settlement in remote rural areas of Latin America - contrasts integrated rural development programmes with frontier colonisation programmes; reviews recent trends in settlement; discusses obstacles facing such development...

Identifies and describes a set of community-based youth employment development projects from across the globe, representing valuable examples of collaboration between development players. The intention is to identify a set of outstanding case studies, focusing on public-private partnerships...