Based on data for the period 1981-1993 from the Annual Survey of Industries supplemented by data from Annual Reports and the Industrial Statistics Yearbook, discusses labour productivity growth in manufacturing in Sri Lanka.

Examines the experience of Thailand and its neighbouring countries on bilateral employment agreements. It first gives a brief history and description of the economic and institutional environment under which these bilateral agreements in the form of Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) were forged,...

This paper is one of a number of country studies on social dialogue to be undertaken by the InFocus Programme. The series seeks to elaborate on the concept of social dialogue as practised in member States, analyse the major institutions for social dialogue and identify best practices. In this...

During the 1970s and early 1980s the ILO carried out a number of studies on the informal sector in large urban centres of developing countries, including Accra, Lome, Yaounde, Dakar and Kaolack. These studies failed to elaborate on the nature and extent of the relationship between the informal...

Provides some evidence on the relationship between investment, output and employment in Korea between 1970 and 2007.

Covers the period from 1988 to 1993.

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.