ILO pub. Article on public service employment services and temporary work agencys ones providing for job placement of temporary workers - examines similarities and differences, discusses their respective roles in regulating the labour market in context with ILO Convention No. 96 on "Fee-charging...

ILO pub. Article on the development of large cities and giant urban area agglomerations and their influence on living conditions and employment of urban populations - discusses the demographic aspects of large towns, makes forecasts, and examines the relationship between size and quality of...

ILO pub. Article presenting a rationale and framework for an integrated approach to population policy and human resources planning in the overall context of development planning - describes the type of empirical evidence and policy research required to provide an analytical base for making...

ILO pub. Article analysing 1975 proposals for combining profit sharing with workers stock ownership made by sweden's trade union federation (lo) - presents brief comparison of wage earner funds in Western Europe and the USA, outlines essential features of the confederation proposal, emphasizing...

ILO pub. Article on employment creation and enterprise growth trends since 1974 in small scale industry in Sierra Leone - based on survey results, analyses aggregate and sector growth rates, noting patterns of Innovation, reinvestment and policy implications. References.

Trade unions are increasingly being called upon to participate in the process of the development of poverty reduction strategy papers (PRSPs) in their respective countries. This is an encouraging development. This manual is based on experiences shared during the development of PRSPs in Cambodia...

South Africa’s transition to democracy in 1994 engendered expectations of rapid changes in racial and gender disparities in wages. Twenty years after the transition there are strong disagreements about whether there have been gains and how these have been distributed. In particular there are...

Documents recent changes in the organization and regulation of the construction sector in China. Analyses the impact of these changes upon the construction labour force, the terms and conditions of employment, health and safety, training and the acquisition of skills. Conclude that in China (as...