Reviews the impact of recession and structural adjustment in developing countries and the impact of recession in OECD countries, on women workers' employment between 1980 and 1993.

Explores the possibility of predicting informal sector employment and wages when information is available only for the formal sector.

Shows that the severe decline experienced by Tanzania in the early 1980s was a result of incompatible trade, exchange rate and monetary policies and delayed adjustment.

This study provides a comprehensive review of the urban informal sector economic activities in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, their contributions to employment and its potential for expansion. In analysing the results of a survey conducted in 1977 on 29 occupational categories within six economic...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper, comparison of the labour market impact of public expenditure for defence in Canada, France, Germany, Federal Republic, Norway, Sweden, UK and USA - examines the econometric models used to assess potential employment creation or unemployment in the construction...

ILO pub. Working paper on migrant workers from Sri Lanka and their social integration upon return migration to their home country - discusses the international migration of contract labour, duration of employment in host country, skills acquired, wages, savings and remittances; considers...

ILO pub. Working paper on trends in immigration and internal migration of black migrant workers in South Africa R, from 1973 to 1983 - discusses reduced economic role of foreign workers and factors influencing labour demand and labour supply; reviews the implications of Apartheid for migration...