ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper presenting findings of an Experiment on econometric modelling of the long term employment impact of disarmament - examines consequences for regional level economic growth and economic structure, world-wide employment creation, and income and consumption in...

Provides an analytical synthesis of research and insights upon country studies undertaken by the ILO between 1996 and 2000. Intends to guide policy formulation, effective pursuit of gender-sensitive programming, decent work and other activities, to stimulate and advance current debate on women...

Discusses three small-scale mining operations in Bolivia, the Philippines and Zimbabwe. Focuses on issues of health and safety, legislation, links with large mines, and the coordination of assistance.

Focuses on factors that are likely to influence outward migration flow from China and the Southeast Asian region, particularly the Philippines and Indonesia, in the next two decades. It finds that while current migration streams are likely to continue in the short run, important developments in...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper, literature survey of theories and experience relating to technology transfer, generation and diffusion of agricultural technology - covers modernization, factor endowments, income distribution, dependence relations, agricultural research, agricultural extension...

Shows, in the context of the tribal belt of the state of Rahasthan, that defective agrarian structure contributes to both impoverishment and environmental degradation.