Summarizes the results of three individual research projects measuring the impact of membership in a health insurance scheme in Kenya, Senegal and South Africa.

ILO pub. Article examining the impact of inappropriate industrial policies on employment creation and basic needs satisfaction in the Cote d' Ivoire - discusses industrial growth trends, shows that policies favouring import substitution industries have resulted in capital intensive production,...

ILO pub. Article on comparison of features of paid educational leave in Australia, Canada, Ireland and the UK - refering to ILO Convention No. 140 and ILO Recommendation No. 148, comments on the extent to which provisions for paid educational leave have been included in national level labour...

Examines how enterprises can restructure in the spirit of social partnership with maximum economic benefits and minimum costs for the workers, communities and society at large.

Concentrates on sub-Saharan Africa and more particularly on its large majority of poor people working in the informal economy. Examines the evidence that supports the commonly accepted hypothesis that social health protection contributes to poverty reduction and economic growth.

Based on a survey of 400 enterprises, draws conclusions about the length, methodology, impact and costs of social auditing undergone during the past two years.

ILO pub. Article on comparison of factors influencing the success or failure of new forms of work organization in Indian and tanzanian enterprises - finds that chances of success can be greatly improved if full consideration is given to climate of labour relations, management techniques,...

Covers the period from 1980s to end of 1990s.

ILO pub. Article reviewing supreme court jurisprudence on reverse racial discrimination in relation to employment opportunity and educational opportunity affirmative action programmes in the USA - comments on historical decisions and on passage of related civil rights legislation and labour...

ILO pub. Article outlining provisions of the third (1979) international agreement for social security protection of the rhine inland waterway boatmen in Western Europe - describes the role of ILO in providing technical cooperation in the revision of the 1950 and the 1961 earlier agreements, and...