ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on employment policy implications of urban area labour market structures in developing countries - studies unemployment, underemployment, labour market segmentation and wage determination; examines the impact of poverty on labour force participation; emphasizes the...

A consideration of urban artisans' production role in the socio- economic development in Mali precedes a discussion of different policy proposals for strengthening its potential. In 1983, this sector account for 21000 wage workers and 9000 apprentices. It provided goods and services for the...

ILO pub. Article on employment trends in the Mexico City urban area - examines its economic development and industrial development from 1921 to 1980, showing how the rapid population growth of the urban population through extensive rural migration and high birth rates affected employment...

The campaign for social protection of homeworkers in Southeast Asia virtually commenced with the launching of the ILO-DANIDA subregional project on 'Rural Women Workers in the Putting Out System' in June 1988. The project pursued the double objective of employment promotion and social...

Presents the results of an interview survey carried out among over 2000 young people and 90 enterprises in Jakarta, Central Java, and Nusa Tenggara Timur. Covers education and training received, job aspirations and employment searching, working conditions and mobility, and perceptions of gender...

This paper focuses on the extension of social security coverage to workers in the informal economy. In particular, the paper presents the results of surveys assessing social security needs of workers in the informal economy in both urban and rural areas. The outcome of these surveys provides...