In the first part, Maldonado examines the phenomenon of informal sector apprenticeship, based on surveys in Bamako,Lome, Nouakchott and Yaounde undertaken from 1977 to 1979. He analyses, after vocational training, the functioning of the apprenticeship, describing how the extended family and...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on internal migration propensity in the Philippines - analyses the effects of age group, sex, educational level, occupation and marital status variables on social mobility and labour mobility, and constitutes part of a WEP research project on population and...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on the effects of rural migration on unemployment and the urban area labour market in India - presents a case study of Ludhiana discussing the causes, implications and benefits of migration, migrant worker profile by age group, educational level, marital status,...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper evaluating social and cultural anthropologycal aspects of relations between family budget and fertility behaviour in Ghana - explains data collecting and evaluation techniques, analyses the impact of social change on parental roles, sexual division of labour, value...

Explores the dynamics of migration, women and development from various conceptual viewpoints. Discusses a number of issues pertaining to these subjects, e.g. internal migration and social mobility. Bibliography and statistical tables.

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

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper giving evaluation of the Indonesian land settlement programme - sketches historical background; describes selection criteria for migrants and suitable sites, preparation of land, and the provision of social services (transport, food, housing etc); discusses...