ILO pub. Article examining the effect of economic dependence on poverty alleviation and basic needs satisfaction in Zambia - briefly reviews historical development under colonialism and trends after independence in 1964 (notably in the agricultural sector, industrial sector and trade), and...

ILO pub. Article on target setting methodology to guide the operation of basic needs programmes in developing countries - proposes setting targets in terms of expected results, paying particular attention to functional linkages and to the obstacles hindering the most poverty-stricken groups from...

ILO pub. Article on development planning alternatives and scenarios for basic needs satisfaction and economic growth in Brazil, India, Kenya and Colombia - applying a simulation socio-economic model based on quantified systems approach, for the period from 1980 to 2000, shows that although the...

ILO pub. Article presenting a basic needs approach to problems of unequal access concerning rural area production factors, public services and technological change in Bangladesh - shows how low incomes and limited access to agricultural credit, chemical fertilizers and rural institutions,...

Presents the findings of a survey of 2344 persons, carried out in April and May 1992.

Examines the evolution of the approach of the ILO to the problem of poverty between 1919 and 1995.

Working paper comprising a case study on the economic role of low income rural women, especially as women workers employed in subsistence farming in Andra Pradesh, India. Covers labour force participation, sexual division of labour, sex discrimination in land tenure and occupational structure,...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on rural area poverty trends in Central America - summarizes findings of six case studies; looks at agricultural incomes, wages, and other poverty-linked economic indicators; examines impact of the export-oriented pattern of economic growth, particularly on small...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on agricultural employment in Latin America - covers rural population trends, rural migration, occupational structure, farm size, landlessness, wage rates, unemployment, wages, incl. Family workers, labour contracts, household income, and rural area poverty....

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper presenting various methodologys for the analysis and definition of poverty - discusses level and composition of poverty, looks at analytical approaches relating to qualitative and inductive techniques as well as simulation and econometric models, considers the role...