The extension of the Bamako informal sector project to the other cities is the occasion for the 1986 survey of 87 blacksmiths, leather workers, weavers, shoe makers, metal workers and carpenters in Tombouctou. They are organized in four trade associations supported by the ILO-executed technical...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on employment and choice of technology in agricultural machinery and other small scale industries in Bangladesh - examines industrial structure, industrial workers' age, sex, educational level, on the job training and working conditions; reviews capital investment,...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on activities and training programmes of the national youth organization in Malaysia - discusses youth unemployment, youth scheme objectives (partic. Integration of rural youth in economic development and community development), institutional framework, activities...

This document brings together the findings of a number of studies on the informal sector, and provides an analysis of the issues and possible policy options for the informal sector in Guinea. The book starts with a synthesis of the informal sector issue and the links with the modern sector in...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper, comparison of employment policies for employment creation in Western Europe and the USA - covers job creation measures, target groups, financing, and the relationships between job creation and economic policy and social policies (esp. Social security); looks at...

Explores the effects of adjustment lending and donor conditionality on public investment. Compares public expenditure in countries that have undertaken strong reform programmes with countries that have either undertaken weak reform programmes or no programme at all.

The extension of the ILO informal sector project to secondary cities in the country was prepared by this 1986 census and survey of 82 artisans in Butare, Gisenyi and Ruhengeri. The study covers both the characteristics of age, training, experience, etc. and the economic activity (workshop,...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper comprising an evaluation of a youth organization work experience training programme for rural youth in Malawi - discusses unemployment issues and objectives, financing, agricultural training and vocational training activities, training participation rate and the...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on labour market segmentation in Cyprus - discusses the segmentation process, labour immobility and wage differentials by sex, public sector, private sector and size of enterprise. References and statistical tables.