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 the impact of post-independence development policies and agricultural policies on rural women in Mozambique. Examines the political ideology regarding the economic and social roles of women, particularly in the agricultural sector. Explains women's traditional role in...

Working paper comprising a case study of the impact of men's circular internal migration on non-migrating rural women farmers in two Kalimantan forest villages in Borneo, Indonesia. Explains survey methodology. Discusses the social role of migration in their traditional culture. Considers social...

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...