Based on a case study from informal markets of the city of Maputo, in Monzabique, and the Associação dos Operadores e Trabalhadores do Sector Informal (ASOTSI), analyses the impact of the role of informal union organizations in the living and working conditions of the informal workers...

Based on interviews with 1463 working mothers from seven sectors: garment workers, carpet weavers, pashmina weavers, agricultural workers, tea plantation workers, beedi workers and domestic workers. Examines the socio- economic background of the women and their families, working conditions,...

Working paper on trends in rural women's labour force participation and fertility patterns in China. Examines rural development policy based on the responsibility of the individual, household or work brigade for agricultural production. Covers women workers in agricultural employment and rural...

ILO pub-wep pub. Working paper on relationships between migration policy and development policy in Algeria, focusing on emigration to France during the period 1962 to 1977 - covers historical emigration under colonialism and since independence, noting the influence of nationalism and political...

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.

Focuses on three types of migration: inter-country migration as in the case of migration to Argentina and Venezuela; intra-country migration as illustrated by the case of Brazil during the 1960s; and interregional migration as seen in the case of Latin American migration to Japan.

Based on data from a survey of 1,500 street children, 81 employers from various industries and 95 experts from governmental and nongovernmental organizations.