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.

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper presenting a theoretical framework for an employment status approach to data collecting on labour force - discusses the definition of exploitation, underemployment, division of labour, occupation, skill, labour force, etc.; proposes a taxonomy of labour status...

Examines potential markets for "private training" or training services offered on a commercial basis. Discusses the role that private sector actors can play through Business Development Services (BDS).

Analyses the process of pension reform and the role of social dialogue in ten countries, namely: China, France, Greece, Jordan, the Netherlands, Mauritius, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Uruguay. It also refers to other relevant country experiences, including those of Australia, Denmark, Finland,...

Examines the dynamics of collective bargaining with regard to implemtation of annual hours schemes, and reviews trends since 1990. Outlines collective agreements concluded in June and July 1993.

Based on a case study from informal markets of the city of Maputo, in Monzabique, and the Associação dos Operadores e Trabalhadores do Sector Informal (ASOTSI), analyses the impact of the role of informal union organizations in the living and working conditions of the informal workers...

Examines the social consequences of restructuring and investigates the role social dialgue can play in finding socially responsible ways to mitigate the effects of restructuring. Includes brief comparisons with the banking and financial services industry, postal services and public utilities.