The paper presented three related issues. A first objective was to shed light on some of the facts of the employment impacts of trade and investments abroad, including highly controversial themes as off-shoring of the production of goods and services. A second objective was to debate the options...

Comprises seven case studies taken from a larger project on rural labour markets and employment policies. Examines how rural labour markets function and the complex factors that condition their outcomes.

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper using a simple economic model to determine the effects of population growth and economic growth on rural areas- urban areas income distribution in Latin America - constitutes part of a WEP research project on population and employment. Graphs and references.

ILO pub-WEP pub-PREALC pub. Working paper presenting the macroeconomics dimension of capital formation and basic needs planning in Latin America - based on an economic model, discusses the role of economic policy, public investment and wage policy in economic growth; explains the relation...

Reviews the debate and the frameworks in terms of the concept of catching up, the policy issues raised, and the principles guiding the design of industrial policies. Provides a comparative analysis between the growth perspective and the institutional economics approach, draws lessons for the...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on unemployment and the educational system in Tanzania - discusses limited employment opportunities and underemployment of school leavers and university graduates, limited success of educational reforms for self reliance, student attitudes to civic service, the...