The extension of the Bamako informal sector project to the other cities is the occasion for the 1986 survey of 87 blacksmiths, leather workers, weavers, shoe makers, metal workers and carpenters in Tombouctou. They are organized in four trade associations supported by the ILO-executed technical...

The paper summarizes information on health staffing trends in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe and provides some comparisons with Western countries, especiially in the European Union. It looks at the broad economic, social and political background to the present situation, with...

ILO pub. Working paper on the ILO tripartite declaration (code of conduct) concerning multinational enterprises and labour policy - discusses the background, contents (relating to employment creation, training, working conditions, wages, and labour relations), follow- up on the declaration and...

ILO pub. Working paper on ILO research on multinational enterprises and social policy - covers research studies on multinational enterprises in the metalworking industry, petroleum industry, textile industry, shoe leather industry and clothing industry, employment creation impact of choice of...

ILO pub. Working paper comprising a comparison of employment creation effects of choice of technology, training and research and development of two multinational enterprises in the metalworking industry and motor vehicle industry in Nigeria - comments on legislation, and discusses effects of...

The survey of 53 microenterprises specialised in the production of metal doors and windows in the two major towns of the country highlights two common features: all have less than ten years of activity and concentrate in urban areas where the building industry is expanding. Legislation developed...