Examines the process of poverty alleviation from 1976 to 1993. Finds that structural adjustment policies between 1981 and 1987 did not seem to have an adverse effect on poverty.

ILO pub. Article on international experience with minimum wage fixing and its role in wage determination - covers the use of minimum wage to protect vulnerable groups of low income workers, to determine ' fair' wages, to set a basic floor to the wage structure, and as an instrument of...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on the impact of stabilization and adjustment policies (economic policy) on employment, Mexico, prospects for the 1980s - examines the transition from import substitution industrialization to an economic model based on export oriented industry, structural changes...

Analyses the nature of growth, economic policies and employment as well as its linkages in four Middle East and North African countries taking into account the pervasive effects of the global economic and financial crisis.

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on economic policies geared to basic needs satisfaction and the influence on value added shares in input output tables of 36 developing countries - covers economic models concerning major economic sectors, gross domestic product, literacy rate, and forecasts for...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on econometric modelling of labour markets for human resources planning in Central America - describes macroeconomics economic models of Guatemala, Venezuela and Brazil covering employment, the informal sector, labour market segmentation and underemployment;...

Argues that strategies encouraging surplus extraction from agriculture, combined with stalled industrialisation constitute the root causes of persistent rural poverty. Suggests that an agriculture-first strategy is necessary not only for rural poverty alleviation, but also for successful...