Based on interviews with officers and workers in four banks and four insurance companies in each country.

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on a survey to determine relationships between desired fertility (married women's attitudes), family income, and the valuation of children in Singapore - constitutes part of a WEP research project on population and employment. References and statistical tables.

Working paper comparing economic and industrial growth in four newly industrializing countries, Brazil, Korea R, Mexico and Singapore, 1960-1980 - discusses industrialization policy, trade policy, public investment and credit policy; considers the role of entrepreneurs, public enterprises,...

Studies conditions of occupational safety and health for migrant workers in five Asia-Pacific in response to the growing concern on the improvement of safety, health and working conditions for migrant workers. It presents trends and facts within the five target countries' OSH environments for...

ILO pub. Working paper on a case study of three multinational enterprises in the electronics industry in Singapore, highlighting the impact of choice of technology on employment creation - covers the adaptability of multinationals to rapid technological change and to labour market variations,...

Discusses how to use franchising as a means of integrating the informal sector into mainstream economic life.