The extension of the Bamako informal sector project to the other cities is the occasion for the 1986 survey of 87 blacksmiths, leather workers, weavers, shoe makers, metal workers and carpenters in Tombouctou. They are organized in four trade associations supported by the ILO-executed technical...

Estimates the global magnitude of forced labour profits in order to throw light on the scale of this economic exploitation.

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on the role of rural institutions in the diffusion of agricultural technology, and innovations in Sri Lanka - based on a sample survey, discusses the effects of farm size, tenancy, farmer age, education, etc., on productivity, profits and tractor and labour use;...

ILO pub. Article on comparison of the economic implications of rising petroleum prices in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka (trends 1972 to 1978) - examines effects on incomes, employment, balance of payments, power consumption, transport, agricultural sector, etc. References.

Includes a list of relevant ILO Conventions.