ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on trade, employment and industrial structure change, comprising a case study of Germany, Federal Republic - discusses sectoral structural adjustments, management attitudes and attitudes of banks and trade union attitudes to the adjustment process, problems of...

This paper first shows that Korea implemented industrial policy properly, promoting infant industries rather than mature ones. The paper then shows that infant industries promoted by industrial policy have matured over time, as well as grown faster than mature industries not promoted by...

Welfare economics, scope and performance of government, externalities, public goods, cost-benefit analysis, subsidies economize on spending without losing effectiveness by modifying the conceptual framework guiding state expenditures. The familiar framework says that state intervention is...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on effects of petroleum price increases on economic development in Egypt - discusses energy sources and power consumption using a simulation economic model and input output analysis; examines effects of price subsidies on energy conservation and the impact of price...