How can we move the debate beyond feminist critique and present policy-makers and development practitioners with premises for entrepreneurship promotion in its attempt to overcome issues of gender inequality in economic growth and development? Feminist epistemologies can offer a set of...

Reviews the coordination mechanisms and structures for crisis response and reconstruction available within the UN system and elsewhere. Highlights the coordination challenge facing the ILO in tackling the adverse impact of crises on employment. Explores reasons behind the need for coordination...

ILO pub. Working paper on migration and the freedom of movement of migrant workers within a group of developing countries - examines political aspects and economic motivations that may inspire the creation of free movement zones; considers legal aspects, social implications and economic...

Institutional theory-based studies on firms from developed economies entering emerging economies are helpful to evidence the impact of both formal and informal institutions elements on the strategies of foreign entrants. However, the number of theoretical and empirical studies using an...

Recently, there has been an acceleration of the global 'brain drain' from developing to developed countries. The emergence of the global economy has been a key cause of many societies losing overseas some of their most talented and educated (i.e., highly-qualified) people. Local social and...

This paper uses firm-level data from the Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Surveys to study the process of convergence of transition countries with developed market economies. The study focuses on competition and market structure, finance and the structure of lending to firms, and...