Investigates the extent to which the renovation of building stock in view of a better energy efficiency will impact on employment creation. Gives cases studies from Brazil, the Netherlands and South Africa on experiences made with residential construction. Estimates how many jobs can be created...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on low income urban area housing and employment creation in developing countries - covers housing needs, investment requirements, and the labour cost of informal sector residential construction; concludes that the satisfaction of basic needs depends on higher...

Feasibility study for self help basic housing projects (brick-making "technological package" for low- cost residential construction) in the Philippines. Based on a 1979 sample survey of 100 peasant farmers and landless rural workers in two villages, discusses occupations, living conditions,...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on the comparative advantages of construction techniques using sandcrete and clay bricks for residential construction in the construction industry of Sierra Leone - examines capital intensive vs. Labour intensive technique, costs, use of energy, small scale...

Includes a review of urbanization trends since the 1960s.

ILO pub-wep pub. Working paper examining the relationship between rural migration and urbanization and fertility in India - based on two household surveys, examines socio-economic and demographic aspects influencing fertility and population growth such as income, education, woman worker labour...

Working paper on the interrelationship between employment of women workers and fertility in Hungary. Discusses occupational structure, trends (1949-1980), wage structure, factors affecting fertility (incl. standard of living, occupational status, educational level, urbanization, infant and child...