Investigates how macroeconomic shocks and policies for agricultural performance have affected living standards, especially in agriculture.

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on labour contract issues in rural area labour markets, comprising a case study of Kenya - discusses the theoretical background relating to resource allocation among the rural population, changes in rural factor markets including land ownership and agricultural...

ILO pub-wep pub. Working paper on implications of rural area labour market characteristics for child labour and fertility behaviour in South East Asia, esp. Bangladesh - illustrates, with a village case study, the impact of wage rates, seasonal unemployment, nonfarm employment employment...

Describes the activities of Youth Business International (YBI) in aiding unemployed young people to become entrepreneurs.

ILO pub. Working paper (Programme Against Apartheid) commenting on racial discrimination in labour legislation and practices in South Africa R pertaining to agricultural workers - denounces absence of equal opportunity, nonrecognition of workers rights, etc.; criticizes low wages and coercive...

Argues that the changeover from the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) to the World Trade Organization (WTO) had little effect on industrialization policies of middle-income countries.