I study the born and the development of the Torino financial area in the mid nineteenth century. In the second half of XIX Century, Torino was the capital of Piemonte’s State, and, for this reason, it was involved in political and economic events of great importance. In particular, before and...

An der WTO-Ministerkonferenz, die vom 30. November bis 3. Dezember 1999 in Seattle stattfindet, wird die chinesische Delegation zwar nur mit Beobachterstatus teilnehmen können. Mit der Unterzeichnung des Abkommens mit den USA ist die VR China der Mitgliedschaft in der WTO aber ein gutes Stück...

Vom 25. bis 28. September dieses Jahres findet die Jahrestagung von Weltbank und liternationalem Währungsfonds, IWF, in Prag statt. Auf der Agenda dieser Tagung wird voraussichtlich auch die Diskussion einer Neuorientierung des IWF stehen. Wie kaum eine andere internationale Organisation ist...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper giving evaluation of the Indonesian land settlement programme - sketches historical background; describes selection criteria for migrants and suitable sites, preparation of land, and the provision of social services (transport, food, housing etc); discusses...

ILO pub. Working paper on the effects of multinational enterprise on employment in Brazil - provides historical background to foreign investment in brazil, and studies the role of multinational enterprise in industrial structure and industrialization, productivity, capital intensiveness, wages,...

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...