Based on desk and field research in 54 organizations conducted in 1998 and 1999 in Caribbean countries, discusses the accomplishments and problems of small enterprise development organizations in assisting small enterprise development.

Identifies challenges facing vocational education and training schemes and suggests criteria for setting up successful enterprise-based schemes. Investigates good practices in developed and developing countries and makes recommendations for the use of enterprise-based schemes in the promotion of...

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...

Examines and compares the factors affecting women's entrepreneurship in small and cottage industries in three countries of the Caribbean.

Based on data collected during country visits in 2000. Examines recent developments in the supply of relevant training services for workers in micro and small enterprises in the informal sector. Reviews current policies, programmes and projects concerning skills for informal sector operators and...

Provides an overview of the clothing industry in South Africa and examines the activities of the South African Clothing and Textile Workers Union (SACTWU) and the Self Employed Women's Union (SEWU), highlighting their achievements and failures in representing and empowering workers in the...

Explores the changing status of actors within an increasingly internationalized film and television industry. Discusses the implications of these changes for the activities of performers' trade unions and associations, focusing on job searching and the casting process, contracting practices and...

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,...

Provides an overview of how small contractors finance the necessary construction equipment for public works contracts in developing countries. Describes various financial mechanisms available to these contractors, focusing on leasing schemes, and examines ways to identify local financial partners.