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Private Sector Participation in Water and Sanitation for Developing Countries
Rudolph, Karl-Ulrich; Harbach, Michael - In: CESifo DICE Report 5 (2007) 2, pp. 33-39
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005037308
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Document d'orientation sur les politiques de privatisation du secteur public.
A, Aderito - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1995
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010616746
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Privatization and human resource issues in the Caribbean sugar industry.
Thomas, C. Y - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1995
Examines privatization of the sugar plantations and sugar processing industry in the Caribbean region. Provides a … privatization process in the six countries. Identifies the forces which led to the nationalization policies of the 1970s and their …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010965886
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Hands off but Strings Attached: The Contradictions of Policy-induced Demand-driven Agricultural Extension
Klerkx, Laurens; Grip, Karin; Leeuwis, Cees - In: Agriculture and Human Values 23 (2006) 2, pp. 189-204
Although many governments have privatized their agricultural extension services, there is widespread agreement that the public sector still needs to play a role in the “agricultural knowledge market” in order to prevent market failure and other undesirable phenomena. However, appropriate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011002064
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UNDERSTANDING STATE INTERVENTION IN THE FINANCIAL SYSTEM: A SIMPLE FRAMEWORK
Shin, Inseok - In: Journal of Economic Development 33 (2008) 1, pp. 165-185
economies, yields various welfare outcomes, and why such conventional reforms as privatization and fiscal reforms prove … derogatory depending on institutional traits including degree of privatization and monitoring capability of the public over the … fiscal reform and privatization may not be enough in eliminating state intervention in the financial system. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009351230
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The social dimension of globalization : a review of the literature
Gunter, Bernhard G - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 2004
Reviews the key economic characteristics of the globalization process and examines its impact on employment, poverty, inequality, global insecurity, child labour, gender issues and migration. Explores national and international policy responses, highlighting the importance of trade negotiations...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010965685
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Facilitating youth entrepreneurship.
Haftendorn, Klaus; Salzano, Carmela - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 2003
Examines the effects of awareness-raising programmes at different levels of education on the promotion of self-employment and entrepreneurship as career options for young people entering the labour market. Provides examples of programmes in developed, developing and transition countries,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010965695
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Migrant worker remittances, micro-finance and the informal economy : prospects and issues
Puri, Shivani; Ritzema, Tineke - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1999
Reviews data on unrecorded remittance flows, identifies the determinants of remittance flows and analyses their uses. Explores policy measures to attract remittances and to influence their domestic uses, highlighting the role of microfinance in linking unrecorded remittances to development....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010965943
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Cooperatives a buts multiples dans les regions rurales des pays en developpement.
A, Benjacov - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1987
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010965991
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Supporting workers in the informal economy : a policy framework
Chen, Martha Alter; Jhabvala, Renana; Lund, Frances - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 2002
Provides a conceptual and normative framework for developing an appropriate policy response to some of the problems posed by the informal economy.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010965998