Provides a conceptual and normative framework for developing an appropriate policy response to some of the problems posed by the informal economy.

Analyses the constraints faced by women entrepreneurs in Bangladesh, followed by an overview on programmes and projects supporting women entrepreneurs, including training, advice on technology, marketing and financial support. Suggests practical solutions and recommendations that could ease the...

Provides a review of relevant approaches to formulating effective policies to promote women's entrepreneur development. Following the identification of three paradigms of medium and small scale entrerprise development (the neo-liberal market pardigm, feminist empowerment, and interventionist...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on the employment and income effects of computerization (microelectronics) in India - examines problems and impact in the machine tool industry, motor vehicle industry, printing industry, banks and schools; stresses the primary importance of government policy...

Focuses on the period between 1985 and 2001.

This paper shows empirical tests for the determinants of informal economy separately in terms of (i) income generation in the informal economy in proportion to the GDP and (ii) the proportion of employment in the informal economy to the total non-agricultural employment. Drawing on previous...