Outlines the global structure of the textiles and clothing industry and reviews trading patterns under the Multi-Fibre Arrangement (MFA), highlighting the impact of trade policies in the European Union and the USA. Examines the issue of labour standards as a new non-tariff barrier to trade....

Working paper on the impact of information technology on the role of service sectors in trade and commerce. Describes the trend towards the increasingly important economic role of telecommunications in providing services for the domestic market and international market. Explains the comparative...

ILO pub. Working paper on the effects of multinational enterprise on employment in Brazil - provides historical background to foreign investment in brazil, and studies the role of multinational enterprise in industrial structure and industrialization, productivity, capital intensiveness, wages,...

Covers trends since the mid-1970s and includes forecasts to 1995.

ILO pub-WEP pub-PREALC pub. Working paper describing the development of a general economic equilibrium basic needs econometric model using as a base the 1975 national accounting matrix of Ecuador - covers production factors, income distribution, savings, investment, trade, etc.; presents a...

Examines changes in the flower industry between 1975 and 1995. Considers the position of the Netherlands in the world flower market.

Describes the experiences, strategies adopted and problems encountered with regard to reforms in the Colombian port of Buenaventura.

Presents the results of a survey conducted in 30 small textile and clothing industrial enterprises.