ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on effects of interest rates on employment and income distribution, with particular reference to developing countries - reviews related economic theories; considers consequences of higher inflation rates in Chile and Turkey; supports the setting up of realistic...

Reviews data on unrecorded remittance flows, identifies the determinants of remittance flows and analyses their uses. Explores policy measures to attract remittances and to influence their domestic uses, highlighting the role of microfinance in linking unrecorded remittances to development....

Argues that the effects of financial liberalization on employment and incomes often carry disturb economic and social development and that financial liberalization warrants at least as much attention as trade liberalization. Compares and weighs the potential benefits in terms of growth against...

Critically looks at the impact of trade and capital market liberalisation on income distribution and employment. Reviews the theory of trade liberalisation. Discusses labour intensities in trading and non-trading sectors, examines problems encountered in the shift to a liberalised regime and...

Se analizan el diseño y el mantenimiento de unos sistemas nacionales de protección social que aseguren una utilización eficaz y eficiente de los recursos disponibles en los ámbitos comunitario, nacional e internacional, al tiempo que un apoyo al desarrollo económico a largo plazo....

Based on data for six countries within the West Africa Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) in 1997. Develops a method for the development of a "trust index" to assess the amount of risk a prospective member is facing when joining a mutual savings and loan institution. Describes the...

Considers how institutions from the social economy, particularly cooperatives and cooperative financial institutions throughout the world and in Sub-Saharan Africa, are managing the current crisis and how they may be contributing to impact mitigation.