Examines the implementation of development policies in sub-Saharan Africa, focusing on policies pertaining to the urban informal sector. Considers also the consequences of structural adjustment for the urban informal sector.

Working paper on trends in rural women's labour force participation and fertility patterns in China. Examines rural development policy based on the responsibility of the individual, household or work brigade for agricultural production. Covers women workers in agricultural employment and rural...

ILO pub-wep pub. Working paper on relationships between migration policy and development policy in Algeria, focusing on emigration to France during the period 1962 to 1977 - covers historical emigration under colonialism and since independence, noting the influence of nationalism and political...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper examining relations between emigration and development policy from 1961 to 1980 in Turkey - analyses emigration in the light of the political system, historical political behaviour and economic planning, discusses emigration causes, trends, migration policy...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on the migrant worker labour market in Southern Africa - provides a theoretical framework for economic analysis of demand determinants and supply relationships in an economy of surplus labour supply, discusses development policy considerations and forms part of a...

The study (which forms part of a series of ILO studies on Benin, Tunisia and Burundi) carried out during end of 1989 examines the regulatory barriers and their consequences on the growth of the informal sector in Zambia. It is based on a data analysis from various secondary sources and on a...