Examines the consequences of export-led agricultural growth for food production, food supply, food prices and agricultural wages.

Based on a survey carried out in 1990. Suggests that decreased employment opportunity is a result of changes in consumer behaviour, which have made technological restructuring necessary.

Covers trends in the 1980s and 1990s. Includes case studies of social and labour policies in eight companies.

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on the historical development of the capital goods machinery industry in China - covers the period from 1930s to 1950s describing development from repair shops and maintenance in foreign owned shops to machinery manufacturing using intermediate technology;...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on structural change in the UK, regarding technological change in private sector manufacturing - gives examples from the cotton industry, the domestic electronics industry and the motor vehicle industry; considers economic growth, productivity, competitiveness,...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on the effect of microelectronics technological change on employment and work organization in the Brazilian motor vehicle industry - discusses production, employment and export trends, labour costs, and the extent and pattern of industrial robot and numerical...

Examines the importance of the film and television industry in the South African Development Community (SADC) and provides details of the sector in selected countries. Evaluates segments of the value chain in the region, investigates training opportunities and identifies coordinating bodies and...