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...

The paper urges that Mozambique would need to develop a more competitive and inclusive financial system, address the failure of the market to make credit available for SMEs and farmers, and establish credit guarantee schemes to channel credit to priority sectors and disadvantaged groups.

Based on a case study from informal markets of the city of Maputo, in Monzabique, and the Associação dos Operadores e Trabalhadores do Sector Informal (ASOTSI), analyses the impact of the role of informal union organizations in the living and working conditions of the informal workers...

Working paper on the impact of post-independence development policies and agricultural policies on rural women in Mozambique. Examines the political ideology regarding the economic and social roles of women, particularly in the agricultural sector. Explains women's traditional role in...

Comprises two papers that examine challenges to the ILO's Decent Work Agenda in Africa. The first paper examines the socio-economic aspects of crisis caused by armed conflict through case studies of Mozambique and Rwanda. Reviews national frameworks for reconstruction, crisis management...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper arguing for reduction in emigration of migrant worker labour supply from Southern African countries to South Africa R - advocates the need to control availability of workers from Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique and Swaziland for reasons relating to Apartheid...

Based on reports prepared for or by the ILO, World Bank, USAID and Ohio State University, examines the problems facing microfinance programmes in countries emerging from armed conflict with particular reference to Cambodia, El Salvador, Mozambique and Uganda.