Reviews Chinese labour market developments during the 1980s and 1990s and proposes policy directions to help accelerate the creation of new jobs.

Covers trend from 1990 to 1998.

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper, emanating from a WEP research project concerned with population and employment, on the impact of internal migration on occupational structure and income distribution in Brazil - covers the impact of rural migration on urban area unemployment, demographic traits of...

The study aims to assess the labour absorptive capacity of the enterprise economy, to uncover the nature and scope of training, employment and income opportunities available and to identify a set of policy alternatives which could enhance its potential role in the development process - rather...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on labour market and economic implications of computerization in developing countries - develops a conceptual framework for the economic analysis of employment and income distributional impact of microelectronics innovations and technology transfer; expects...

Analyses the economic, social and labour market situation in Panama and proposes policies to promote decent work.

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on energy economics and the macroeconomic implications of increased petroleum price trends in Colombia from 1973-1982 - examines the impact of higher oil prices on the balance of trade, balance of payments, economic growth, the labour market, inflation and income...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on the labour market in urban areas in Kenya and the Philippines - forecasts employment, unemployment and income distribution, etc. In the 1980's with the help of a demographic-economic model (bachue), and forms part of a WEP research project on population and...