Examines various ways of mobilizing resources for social and economic development. Considers the feasibility of resources mobilized by internationally coordinated action, through national and local governments, through community mobilization, from private charity and commercial enterprises 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....

Undertakes a content analysis of 2009 - 2010 IMF Article IV consultations for a sample of thirty low income and twenty middle income countries on fiscal adjustment, inflation targets, employment generation, poverty reduction and expansion of social protection.

Focuses on the impact of the global economic crisis on developing countries and their capacity to respond to it. Argues that the creation of fiscal and policy space for developing countries on a sustainable basis needs to be a central feature of the global development agenda.

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper discussing trade liberalization trade policies capable of promoting the integration of developing countries into the international economic system - comments on shortcomings of economic development associated with import substitution; examines the need to combine...

Analyses the different facets of fiscal stimulus packages with a view to understanding their possible employment effects.

ILO pub. Article analysing 1975 proposals for combining profit sharing with workers stock ownership made by sweden's trade union federation (lo) - presents brief comparison of wage earner funds in Western Europe and the USA, outlines essential features of the confederation proposal, emphasizing...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on effects of petroleum price increases on economic development in Egypt - discusses energy sources and power consumption using a simulation economic model and input output analysis; examines effects of price subsidies on energy conservation and the impact of price...

The paper discusses the NEPs implementation mechanism in China.