The paper explores the potential impact of regional economic integration on Myanmar, a country that has suffered from more than 20 years of Western sanctions. The country’s accession into the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) offered economic and trading opportunities, while the...

This paper presents a rationale for analysing employment by taking the sectoral structure of an economy into consideration. It provides an overview of ways of measuring employment intensity and discusses the relationship between employment intensity and labour productivity. It uses the South...

Assesses the situation in three public emergency services in Bulgaria in relation to the ILO guidelines on social dialogue in the public emergency services in a changing environment adopted in 2003.

Looks at the fundamental importance of employment for development.

ILO pub. Article presenting a disaggregated approach to employment effects of agricultural mechanization in punjab, India - analyses employment impact according to type of wheat cultivation technique (tractor, high crop yield seeds, tubewells, etc.), Type of labour (family, permanent...

Assesses the state of labour law, and reflects on the nature and future of work, on the ideas involved and the historical process through which it has passed. Compares the concepts of work vs training, remunerated vs non- remunerated work, wage employment vs self-employment, and private vs...

ILO pub. Article on microelectronics training needs in the metalworking industry - considers the difficulties of vocational training machinery in most countries following rapid technological changes accompanied by new skill requirements, and the implications for employment adjustment, and...