ILO pub. Article on the development of large cities and giant urban area agglomerations and their influence on living conditions and employment of urban populations - discusses the demographic aspects of large towns, makes forecasts, and examines the relationship between size and quality of...

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...

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...

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.

ILO pub. Article on comparison of causes and economic policy implications concerning unemployment in Germany, Federal Republic, France and the Netherlands (trends 1960 to 1979) - examines projections of labour demand and labour supply to 1990, considers effects of wages and social security...

ILO pub. Article on international experience with minimum wage fixing and its role in wage determination - covers the use of minimum wage to protect vulnerable groups of low income workers, to determine ' fair' wages, to set a basic floor to the wage structure, and as an instrument of...

Assesses the effects of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the motor vehicle industry in two areas of Brazil, focusing on the development of regional institutions to support social dialogue. Examines the flow of FDI into the Brazilian motor vehicle industry during the late 1990s, describes the...

Examines the evolution of the approach of the ILO to the problem of poverty between 1919 and 1995.

Considers various policy options, such as legislation, standard setting, the polluter pays principle and debt-for-nature swaps, in addition to economic instruments.