Discusses the impact of structural adjustment measures on the quality and financing of education.

Assesses the state of labour law, and reflects on the nature and future of work, on the ideas involved and the historical process through which it has passed. Compares the concepts of work vs training, remunerated vs non- remunerated work, wage employment vs self-employment, and private vs...

ILO pub. Article suggesting suitable policies and procedures for avoiding regressive tendencies and promoting income redistribution through labour intensive rural public works in developing countries - cites examples of more income benefits accruing to employers rather than employees in...

ILO pub. Article commenting on labour legislation provisions concerning equal opportunities for woman workers in Spain - examines employment opportunities, equal pay, maternity benefits, etc., and finds that social security legislation in particular still contains provisions which manifest sex...

ILO pub. Article on microelectronics training needs in the metalworking industry - considers the difficulties of vocational training machinery in most countries following rapid technological changes accompanied by new skill requirements, and the implications for employment adjustment, and...

ILO pub. Article describing collective agreements providing for cost of living allowance (cola) in Israel and proposing a system of flexible wages indexation - examines the influence of cola and income tax on real wages, and stipulates that flexible indexation should try to ensure (1) that...

Comprises seven case studies taken from a larger project on rural labour markets and employment policies. Examines how rural labour markets function and the complex factors that condition their outcomes.

ILO pub. Article describing the institutional framework, administrative aspects and services of an established rural worker organization in the Philippines - covers financing support, provision of legal aid, workers education, agricultural cooperative activities, membership recruitment, control...

ILO pub. Article on provisions of the 1972 Council of Europe international agreement on social security for migrant workers in western Europe - examines structure and aims of the convention as well as the basic principles embodied, ie. Equal opportunity, applicability of one legislation only,...

Provides an overview of the different systems of workers' participation in decision-making in enterprises (understood in the widest sense of the term, i.e. as producers of goods and services, of a public or private nature, to which employed persons lend their services).