Focuses on the legislative and institutional changes that took place between 2005 and 2008.

Covers the period from 1980 to 1997.

Focuses on social security developments in South America during the 1990s.

Working paper on choice of technology in the rice milling industry and related agricultural machinery industry of Thailand. Examines the impact of trends in supply and demand, labour supply, price policies, fiscal policies and competition with USA. Discusses technical aspects of rice processing...

Covers the period from 1956 to 1992.

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on rural poverty and the dualistic nature of agrarian structures (dualistic farming) in Guatemala - examines level and trend of rural poverty through indicators such as household income, housing, illiteracy and nutrition; notes paradox of high rate of agricultural...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on the relationship between agricultural development, agrarian structures, rural employment and poverty in India - based on a literature survey, examines trends in rural population, agricultural income, labour contracts, farm size and food prices; investigates the...

Shows that diffusion of microelectronic machinery has not progressed far and that labour displacement effects do not appear very important at this stage.