"This report paper contains the report and the main findings of an ILO Asia and the Pacific Regional Meeting on Training for High Performance in Enterprises".

Presents findings of field work on life, health and cattle insurance.

Reviews employment creation in manufacturing firms of different size in both the formal and informal economies.

Explores the issue of productivity in micro, small and medium-size enterprises and examines its relation to employment and poverty. Presents 11 case studies which illustrate how the ILO's small enterprise support programme (IFP/SEED) confronts the productivity challenge by focusing on...

Using data collected through a survey among entrepreneurs and apprentices in micro and small enterprises in Accra, Ghana, analyses the financial arrangements in informal apprenticeships. Discusses the relationship between the financing of apprenticeships and the financing of enterprises in which...

Draws on the results of recent research on the process of skills learning and training in small enterprises as a way of exploring some of the implications for policy makers and their advisers.