ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on economic policies geared to basic needs satisfaction and the influence on value added shares in input output tables of 36 developing countries - covers economic models concerning major economic sectors, gross domestic product, literacy rate, and forecasts for...

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

Looks at three different patterns that limit competitiveness: a) questionable working conditions in export processing zones or within global value chains that are driven by a foreign or multinational enterprise; b) exclusion of self-employed from the internal governance process of the chain; c)...

Based on data collected by the International Social Survey Programme in 1987, 1992 and 1999. Explores perceptions of social inequality over time in a number of organized market economies, countries undergoing transition, developing countries and English-speaking countries. Examines perceptions...

Provides a review of relevant approaches to formulating effective policies to promote women's entrepreneur development. Following the identification of three paradigms of medium and small scale entrerprise development (the neo-liberal market pardigm, feminist empowerment, and interventionist...