Covers data from 1990 to 1997.

Recommends reform measures that would improve the conditions of domestic workers and promote their self-organization to defend their interests. Appends the drafts of a labour act, a labour contract and the Labour (Domestic Workers) Regulation 2007, prepared by LAWA (Ghana) Alumnae Incorporated...

Based on data from Encuesta de hogares de 1996 del Direccion General de Estadistica, Encuestas y Censos (DGEEyC).

Based on a survey of 44 contractors and 258 contract workers, carried out from October 1993 to March 1994 in the state of Selangor, Peninsular Malaysia. Includes comments on the application of labour standards and the ILO Social Security (Minimum Standards) Convention, 1952, (No. 102).

Based on data from the IX Censo nacional de poblacion y vivienda de 1993 del INEI and the Encuesta nacional de niveles de vida de 1994 (ENNIV) of Cuanto and World Bank, Encuestas de hogares anuales del Ministerio de Trabajo y Promocion Social from 1986 to 1996 (for urban area of Lima), Encuesta...

This report gives a broad, though not exhaustive outline of the conditions of work of homeworkers in the TCF industries, highlighting their problems. It describes the role and importance of home work in these industries within the context of recent globalization trends and brings out the extreme...

Examines the recruitment of educational personnel, focusing on quantitative and qualitative aspects.

Examines the economic significance of micro and small enterprises (MSEs) in Viet Nam and assesses the policy and legal environment for MSEs in seven key areas: specific MSE policies; business laws and regulations; taxation; labour policy; trade; finance, credit and bankruptcy polices; and...

The paper summarizes information on health staffing trends in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe and provides some comparisons with Western countries, especiially in the European Union. It looks at the broad economic, social and political background to the present situation, with...