Working paper on choice of technology in the rice milling industry and related agricultural machinery industry of Thailand. Examines the impact of trends in supply and demand, labour supply, price policies, fiscal policies and competition with USA. Discusses technical aspects of rice processing...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on the impact of participation in the work experience programme on young workers' entry into working life in Ireland - explains objectives and institutional framework of the programme developed to combat high youth unemployment; evaluates job placement rates and...

ILO pub-wep pub. Working paper on a survey of household attitude and behaviour relating to fertility in urban areas and rural areas in Nigeria - studies the effect of economic conditions, income level education of women, labour force participation of woman workers, cultural factors, children...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on patterns of population dynamics in rural areas in Turkey - analyses differential fertility, marriage, migration and mortality rates with the help of community models of demographic flows, and forms part of a WEP research project relating to population and...

This report analyses the informal sector of Benin in 1985. A first part examines the characteristics and potentialities of the sector as an important provider of productive employment, training and contributor to rapid economic growth. The second part studies the constraints of the production...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper examining the relationship between factory employment and fertility of working mothers (industrial workers) in Mauritius - discusses labour force participation trends and obstacles, based on a sample survey of 1980, shows that employment is associated with later...