Aims at analysing and systematizing the health challenges faced by the poorest strata of urban workers and to discuss solutions. Uses interviews carried out with ILO and WHO staff members from different departments and programmes, completed with interviews with professionals from other...

ILO pub-wep pub. Working paper on implications of rural area labour market characteristics for child labour and fertility behaviour in South East Asia, esp. Bangladesh - illustrates, with a village case study, the impact of wage rates, seasonal unemployment, nonfarm employment employment...

Working paper introducing an econometric model to test the labour economics of child labour in Indian rural areas. Analyses impact of wage rates, land ownership, labour supply, employment opportunities, parental employment (esp. women workers and married women) and children labour force...

Provides a situation analysis of the impact of war and displacement on Afghan women and on their economic and other roles within the family and within Afghan society. Examines the vulnerability and coping strategies of these women and their families and assesses the implications for the future...

Working paper on the relationship between the rural energy crisis, particularly fuelwood, rural women's work and family welfare in developing countries. Examines household labour utilization in fuel procurement, including sexual division of labour and child labour. Studies the effects of fuel...

ILO pub. Article on a basic needs approach to economic and social development in Nigeria - examines existing social policies with regard to basic needs, and proposes the use of a strategy that would include foreign exchange controls, increased public expenditure in rural areas, income...

ILO pub. Article commenting on the role of ILO labour standards and national level legislation in the regulation of child labour - considers minimum age, working conditions, enforcement and degree of compliance with ILO Conventions.