Reviews trends in global inequality (between countries and within countries) during the 1980s and 1990s and analyses changes in income concentration during the first wave of globalization, 1870-1912. Finds evidence which indicates that global inequality has risen during the past two decades and...

Explores patterns of international migration in Latin America from the first wave of globalization from 1870 to 1913, during the de-globalization period from 1914 to the late 1940s and during the second wave of globalization in the late 20th century. Explores the determinants of this migration...

Reviews ILO strategies and methods of economic and social promotion in the informal sector in the 1980s and 1990s.

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper examining relations between emigration and development policy from 1961 to 1980 in Turkey - analyses emigration in the light of the political system, historical political behaviour and economic planning, discusses emigration causes, trends, migration policy...

ILO pub. Working paper on the impact of multinational enterprise foreign investment on employment creation in relation to economic development in the Philippines - comments on investment policy, examines historical trends of foreign investment in different economic sectors (industrial sector,...

Working paper on legal aspects of African migrant worker labour supply from Lesotho to the mining industry in South Africa R. Covers historical trends in migration policy before and since independence, recruitment policy in relation to migrants, discrimination patterns, etc., and comments on...

ILO pub-wep pub. Working paper on agrarian reform and rural migration in Chile - provides an historical overview of trends from 1865 to 1970, and examines commercialization of agriculture and its implications for migration in the long term, land settlement, agricultural worker...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper comprising a case study of the economic implications and social implications of the internal migration of seasonal workers (agricultural workers) from the Ludewa District, a labour reserve in South-Western Tanzania - discusses agrarian structures, the history of...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on nature and trends of rural area poverty and income distribution in Costa Rica - briefly outlines historical background to the agricultural economy; discusses recent trends in agricultural production, agricultural mechanization, farm size, etc.; examines land...