Queries whether developing countries really benefit in terms of technology by attracting multinational enterprises through tax advantages and other benefits. Finds, in the case of Argentina, that a significant technology spillover does not occur automatically, but would require domestic...

ILO pub. Working paper on the effects of multinational enterprise foreign investment on employment creation in Kenya - discusses relations with choice of technology and wages. References and statistical tables.

The objectives of this study are to review the characteristics of EPZs and their influence on economic growth, export performance and employment in Sri Lanka. Working conditions and labour relations within the zones, with special reference to the situation of women workers, will also be...

ILO pub-WEP pub-ARTEP pub. Working paper on the employment effects of multinational enterprises in export processing zones in Asia - discusses the pattern of direct foreign investment by MNEs and its impact on manufacturing export oriented industry, exports and direct and indirect employment...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on export-led economic growth and employment in Korea R, 1945 to 1982 - covers economic planning, foreign investment, the labour market, labour productivity, trade unions, the industrial sector (especially the textile industry and the electronics industry) and...

Examines the situation regarding labour relations, employment and working conditions in Ugandan plantations in the light of the ILO's Tripartite Declaration of Principles concerning Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy. Includes the text of the Declaration and a summary of the proceedings...

ILO pub. Working paper on employment effects of multinational enterprise in Nigeria - outlines historical aspects of direct foreign investment, and analyses 1979 questionnaire survey results covering employment creation, vocational training, working conditions, employment security and fringe...

Covers the period from the 1980s to 1990.