Traces developments in the prices and incomes Accord, and assesses its impact on wage restraint and labour relations.

Reviews definitions of fatigue, with a view to relationships with accidents. Discusses legislative measures intending to limit fatigue through regulating working time and enforcing control devices such as digital tachographs or camera monitoring systems. Summarizes initiatives undertaken by...

Provides a general framework for analysing potential links between trends in fertility and the need for security in old age.

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on the relationship between industrial structure and choice of technology in India - reviews econometric models; evaluates industry level and enterprise level data; considers the impact of technology transfer, indigenous research and development, and import...

Outlines the history of the fair trade movement, its developments, different approaches and lessons learned. Examines future challenges and ways in which the lessons learned can influence trade and development. Focuses on how to boost market opportunities in the developed countries for MSEs in...

Working paper comprising a case study of the impact of men's circular internal migration on non-migrating rural women farmers in two Kalimantan forest villages in Borneo, Indonesia. Explains survey methodology. Discusses the social role of migration in their traditional culture. Considers social...

Presents a short history of the labour and the cooperative movements. Compares the situations of workers of the organized sector with that of the unorganized sector. Proposes a joint strategy to be undertaken by unions and cooperatives.