Examines policies and programmes that can assist young people in generating self-employment opportunities. Reviews the purpose, design and implementation of enterprise-based youth employment policies and investigates programme support measures such as skills training, business counselling,...

Examines the importance of the film and television industry in the South African Development Community (SADC) and provides details of the sector in selected countries. Evaluates segments of the value chain in the region, investigates training opportunities and identifies coordinating bodies and...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on activities and training programmes of the national youth organization in Malaysia - discusses youth unemployment, youth scheme objectives (partic. Integration of rural youth in economic development and community development), institutional framework, activities...

Describes innovative methods of financing training, based mainly on the Latin American experience.

Examines the functioning of micro and small enterprises in the Caribbean and the constraints they face. Draws conclusions from the existing constraints and develops new ideas for improved policy, regulatory and supporting frameworks. Includes the text of Recommendation concerning general...

ILO pub. Working paper on employment effects of multinational enterprises in the UK - presents some features of foreign investment in the UK, finds higher employment records in foreign and British based multinationals than in domestic firms, and discusses export, financing and manufacturing...

ILO pub. Working paper on decision making strategies of public enterprise multinational enterprises - covers legal status, state intervention in decision making, financing and administrative aspects; includes case studies and a descriptive model of management techniques. Bibliography.

This document brings together the findings of a number of studies on the informal sector, and provides an analysis of the issues and possible policy options for the informal sector in Guinea. The book starts with a synthesis of the informal sector issue and the links with the modern sector in...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper, comparison of employment policies for employment creation in Western Europe and the USA - covers job creation measures, target groups, financing, and the relationships between job creation and economic policy and social policies (esp. Social security); looks at...

Explores the effects of adjustment lending and donor conditionality on public investment. Compares public expenditure in countries that have undertaken strong reform programmes with countries that have either undertaken weak reform programmes or no programme at all.