This report underscores that International finance is an important vehicle for growth, for creating jobs, for reducing poverty and for financing social services, but that flows of finance, however, are very unevenly distributed. Poor countries remain heavily dependent on public finance. Private...

The survey of 53 microenterprises specialised in the production of metal doors and windows in the two major towns of the country highlights two common features: all have less than ten years of activity and concentrate in urban areas where the building industry is expanding. Legislation developed...

Focuses on pro-poor job creation for slum dwellers as an effective method to reduce urban poverty, especially national policies favouring employment-intensive growth. Discusses public-private partnerships and how to create quality jobs in the local, small-scale private sector, illustrated by...

Contains guidelines developed in line with the ILO's 1996-97 work programme, to assist social partners, local authorities and informal sector organizations in the planning, implementation and evaluation of employment- intensive community development initiatives.

Includes a list of ILO Conventions apply to temporary construction workers.

Covers trends in the 1980s and 1990s. Includes case studies of social and labour policies in eight companies.

Examines the social consequences of restructuring and investigates the role social dialgue can play in finding socially responsible ways to mitigate the effects of restructuring. Includes brief comparisons with the banking and financial services industry, postal services and public utilities.