Discusses three small-scale mining operations in Bolivia, the Philippines and Zimbabwe. Focuses on issues of health and safety, legislation, links with large mines, and the coordination of assistance.

Focuses on factors that are likely to influence outward migration flow from China and the Southeast Asian region, particularly the Philippines and Indonesia, in the next two decades. It finds that while current migration streams are likely to continue in the short run, important developments in...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper, literature survey of theories and experience relating to technology transfer, generation and diffusion of agricultural technology - covers modernization, factor endowments, income distribution, dependence relations, agricultural research, agricultural extension...

Shows, in the context of the tribal belt of the state of Rahasthan, that defective agrarian structure contributes to both impoverishment and environmental degradation.

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper comprising a literature survey on the economic implications and social implications of alternative energy policies for new and renewable energy sources in developing countries - includes solar energy, wind power and biomass; discusses employment, technology,...

Este articulo aborda como la progresiva integracion de las consideraciones ambientales en las politicas agrarias conlleva la reconfiguracion de los derechos de propiedad sobre la tierra. En este sentido, el articulo plantea como los propietarios de la tierra han encontrado en dicho proceso una...

Although science has unlocked the secrets of the human genome, the causes of social and economic development remain stubbornly enigmatic. Why do some countries adopt new technologies more readily than others? Why does income inequality persist in some regions--even in the face of rapid economic...

This paper deals with the calculation of shadow prices for two industrial wastes generated on their production processes by a sample of eighteen firms belonging to the Spanish ceramic pavements industry. These prices are used to construct a corrected index of productivity which allows for...