Includes a review of urbanization trends since the 1960s.

Analyses the economic, social and labour market situation in Panama and proposes policies to promote decent work.

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper, comparison of employment policies for employment creation in Western Europe and the USA - covers job creation measures, target groups, financing, and the relationships between job creation and economic policy and social policies (esp. Social security); looks at...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on migration in and from Swaziland - presents the results of 1976-77 surveys of internal migration, emigration and attitudes and behaviour of migrant workers in South Africa R, etc., makes economic policy and social policy recommendations, and forms part of a WEP...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on the social policy and economic policy implications of migration for employment, comprising a case study of labour administration bureaucracy in Lesotho as it affects emigrant workers - includes historical background, conclusions and recommendations, and...

The growing literature on social protection in Africa has tended to focus on conceptual debates, policy design issues and impact evaluations. To date, there has been relatively little systematic analysis of the ways in which politics and political economy shape policy. This paper outlines a...

Examines the evolution of the approach of the ILO to the problem of poverty between 1919 and 1995.

ILO pub. Working paper comprising a literature survey of ILO research on multinational enterprises and social policy - covers the industrial sector, employment effects, training practices and working conditions studies. Bibliography pp. 25 to 30.

Discusses the effects of two recent economic crises, 1998-1999 and 2008-2009, on gender and racial inequalities in Brazil. Argues that the effects of these crises on qualitative aspects of employment such as wages and employment status have been unequally felt by women and blacks in Brazilian...