Analyzes the banana industry crisis and its labour related effects. Highlights the continuing importance of the banana industry to the region.

Explores the campaign leading to the signing in 2001 of an international framework agreement (IFA) between the global banana enterprise Chiquita and the Latin American Coordination of Banana Workers Unions (COLSIBA). Shows how the banana workers unions employed innovative tactics of regional...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on the agrarian structure and rural area poverty in Honduras - describes role of the banana plantations in the evolution of the agricultural sector; examines trends in farm size, land tenure, land utilization, crop yields, agricultural employment on large and small...

Investigates how macroeconomic shocks and policies for agricultural performance have affected living standards, especially in agriculture.

Indicates the need for a closer consideration of male roles in fertility-related decisions and family planning; reiterates the significance of sex roles and the equitable sharing of responsibilities and resources between females and males for fertility decline and the need to provide parallel...

Based on a study of 50 micro and small enterprises in the Greater Accra region. Explores the quality of work such enterprises offer and examines the potential demand for services that could enable workers and employers to improve their quality of work.