Includes descriptions of the Participation and Equity Programme, the Wage Pause Programme, the Community Employment Programme, the Australian Traineeship Scheme, etc.

Outlines initiatives that employers and employers' organizations can take to stimulate youth employment. Describes measures in the areas of: creating a positive environment for job creation; enhancing employability; promoting youth entrepreneurship; and promoting equality at work for young women...

The extension of the Bamako informal sector project to the other cities is the occasion for the 1986 survey of 87 blacksmiths, leather workers, weavers, shoe makers, metal workers and carpenters in Tombouctou. They are organized in four trade associations supported by the ILO-executed technical...

Analyses linkages between skills and productivity for improving existing work in the informal economy and for enabling the transition of informal activities to the formal economy. Examines issues and challenges related to skills and productivity in the context of the informal economy, presents a...