Criticizes the standard international definition of unemployment as being too restrictive to measure accurately unemployment in labour- surplus economies. Using Indonesia as a basis, proposes a definition which is based on trends in real wages which aims to reflect the real extent of labour...

Working paper on choice of technology in the rice milling industry and related agricultural machinery industry of Thailand. Examines the impact of trends in supply and demand, labour supply, price policies, fiscal policies and competition with USA. Discusses technical aspects of rice processing...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on the effect of taxation and subsidy programmes on income distribution in Sri Lanka - examines tax revenue (covering import tax, consumption tax, licence taxes and income tax), and public expenditure on basic needs (incl. Food subsidies, health, transport, social...

Fait le point sur les actions entreprises par les syndicats en matière de politique monétaire et fiscale et sur les changements qu'ils ont pu obtenir.

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.

Examines the important role of coordinated economic, employment and social protection policies in supporting a more sustainable and balanced growth in the Asia and the Pacific region. It was prepared as one of the background papers of the Report of the Director-General to the 15th Asia and the...