ILO pub. Working paper on the impact of multinational enterprise foreign investment on employment creation in relation to economic development in the Philippines - comments on investment policy, examines historical trends of foreign investment in different economic sectors (industrial sector,...

Reviews and reflects on recent publications on the relationship between industrialization and child labour in the western world from the 18th to the early 20th centuries.

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. Working paper on the economic implications and social implications of restructuring in plantations in India, Indonesia, Malaysia and Sri Lanka - covers agricultural production, employment, working conditions of plantation workers, wages, management, and public ownership or private...