The employment situation remains a major source of concern in the majority of countries in the European Union. Half of the region’s unemployed have been without work for more than a year, and unless the policy approach changes, the prospects are for a sluggish employment recovery. The...

Describes the experiences, strategies adopted and problems encountered with regard to reforms in the Chilean port of Valparaiso from 1981 to 1999.

Describes the experiences, strategies adopted and problems encountered with regard to reforms in the Peruvian port of Callao.

Describes the experiences, strategies adopted and problems encountered with regard to reforms in the Colombian port of Buenaventura.

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on the interaction between population growth, income distribution and poverty, and its impact on economic development - presents an economic model for comparison of economic growth, public investment, literacy rates, and other variables affecting low income groups....

Working paper comparing economic and industrial growth in four newly industrializing countries, Brazil, Korea R, Mexico and Singapore, 1960-1980 - discusses industrialization policy, trade policy, public investment and credit policy; considers the role of entrepreneurs, public enterprises,...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper comprising a comparison of demographic aspects in public expenditure with regard to developing countries - aims at testing the extent to which population growth diverts resources from productive to less productive public investment. Statistical tables.

ILO pub-WEP pub-PREALC pub. Working paper presenting the macroeconomics dimension of capital formation and basic needs planning in Latin America - based on an economic model, discusses the role of economic policy, public investment and wage policy in economic growth; explains the relation...

ILO pub. Working paper on agrarian structure changes in the plantation economy, comprising case studies of Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras and Jamaica - examines the social implications and economic implications of changes over time in land ownership, land utilization patterns, foreign investment,...

Explores the effects of adjustment lending and donor conditionality on public investment. Compares public expenditure in countries that have undertaken strong reform programmes with countries that have either undertaken weak reform programmes or no programme at all.