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...

Examines growth and production trends in the export and food sectors since the mid-70s, analysing in detail the production and marketing of rice and public policies towards this sector. Looks at the implications of the recent liberalisation of rice prices for poverty and income distribution.

ILO pub-WEP pub-PREALC pub. Working paper on poverty in terms of basic needs and standard of living in Ecuador - considers rural areas and urban areas social indicators including health, nutrition, educational level and housing; examines regional disparities; compares deprivation patterns with...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on population dynamics, poverty and basic needs in southern Sudan - based on literature survey, discusses health services, malnutrition, food shortages, inadequate water supply and sanitation, educational needs, and unemployment; examines the economic role of the...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper assessing the importance of social class, caste and land ownership variables in economic analysis of rural economies, comprising a case study of Bihar, India - includes a brief literature survey; based on a 1981 sample survey of poverty and rural employment, shows...

Argues that strategies encouraging surplus extraction from agriculture, combined with stalled industrialisation constitute the root causes of persistent rural poverty. Suggests that an agriculture-first strategy is necessary not only for rural poverty alleviation, but also for successful...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on trends in the correlations between agrarian structures and rural area poverty in Panama since 1960 - documents the expansion of commercial farming for export at the expense of small farms producing food crops; discusses growing proletarianization of rural...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper, case study of informal sector capacity to absorb labour surplus due to imbalance in urban development and overpopulation in Cordoba, Argentina - analyzes economic implications and social implications of rural migration, poverty and growth of very small scale...