Presents an overview of developments in the region's social protection systems over the course of the 1990s, with particular stress on problems concerning old-age, disability and survivors' pension provisions.

Explores the changing status of actors within an increasingly internationalized film and television industry. Discusses the implications of these changes for the activities of performers' trade unions and associations, focusing on job searching and the casting process, contracting practices and...

ILO pub. Working paper, case study of the impact of brain drain on the labour market in Argentina - proposes incentives for the return migration of skilled workers and other highly qualified workers, assuring them job placement and tax incentives; assesses training needs; analyses possibility of...

Provides an overview of how small contractors finance the necessary construction equipment for public works contracts in developing countries. Describes various financial mechanisms available to these contractors, focusing on leasing schemes, and examines ways to identify local financial partners.

ILO pub. Working paper on direct and indirect employment effects of multinational enterprises in export processing zones in Liberia and Ghana - covers ownership, foreign investment, tax incentives, foreign exchange, export earnings, employment creation, working conditions and labour relations....

ILO pub. Working paper on economic implications and labour market impact of multinational enterprises and export processing zones in the Dominican Republic - comments on economic legislation and tax incentives for export oriented industry; examines industrial structures, capital worker ratio and...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on the effect of taxation and subsidy programmes on income distribution in Sri Lanka - examines tax revenue (covering import tax, consumption tax, licence taxes and income tax), and public expenditure on basic needs (incl. Food subsidies, health, transport, social...

ILO pub. Article describing collective agreements providing for cost of living allowance (cola) in Israel and proposing a system of flexible wages indexation - examines the influence of cola and income tax on real wages, and stipulates that flexible indexation should try to ensure (1) that...

Traces developments in the prices and incomes Accord, and assesses its impact on wage restraint and labour relations.