ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on the rural population and rural area poverty in the Acholi area of Southern Sudan - based on sample surveys of rural households, explores the economic conditions and demographic aspects of the population, 90% of which is involved in subsistence farming; examines...

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, case study of the impact of structural change on food production, agricultural production, food security, and food consumption in Uganda - describes economic conditions leading to rapid expansion of the informal sector; discusses trends in gross domestic product...

Working paper comprising a case study on the economic role of low income rural women, especially as women workers employed in subsistence farming in Andra Pradesh, India. Covers labour force participation, sexual division of labour, sex discrimination in land tenure and occupational structure,...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on the social structure and labour market in the agricultural sector in Turkey - discusses the historical background of peasant farmer landowner system, impact of agricultural mechanization (tractorisation), incidence of landlordism in sharecropping and capitalist...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Diffusion study of institutional frameworks for agricultural technology Innovation, i.e., high yielding variety rice, in Bangladesh - applies Ruttan's induced Innovation model to explain technological change; deals with land ownership, subsistence farming, use of fertilizer,...

Working paper on interrelations among family and social roles, household production and fertility of rural women in Kerdassa, Egypt. Discusses living conditions, cultural factors, economic role, unpaid work, income generating activities (incl. weaving, handicrafts and subsistence farming),...