Describes innovative methods of financing training, based mainly on the Latin American experience.

Describes the magnitude of youth unemployment around the world and considers the economic, social and individual costs. Examines the role of mainstream education and training in promoting employability and investigates good practices in some 50 examples of innovative training programmes and...

Discusses how the Korean government has responded to labour shortage among small business in the country. It provides a brief historical narrative of how the trainee system came into being, how it was put into effect, and its outcome.

"This report paper contains the report and the main findings of an ILO Asia and the Pacific Regional Meeting on Training for High Performance in Enterprises".

Explores how the informal sector should be approached in the light of the mandate of the ILO. Reviews the application of each major category of labour standards to the informal sector.

Comprises six papers which explore the labour and social aspects of economic integration in North and South America during the 1990s. Reviews the activities of Mercosur in the labour and social security areas and investigates the content and impact of the North American Agreement on Labour...

The aim of this working paper is to examine the situation with respect to employment, conditions of work and life and labour relations in four EPZs in the Philippines: the Bataan Export Processing Zone (BEPZ); Mactan Export Processing Zone (MEPZ); Baguio City Export Processing Zone (BCEPZ); and...