ILO pub. Article on target setting methodology to guide the operation of basic needs programmes in developing countries - proposes setting targets in terms of expected results, paying particular attention to functional linkages and to the obstacles hindering the most poverty-stricken groups from...

ILO pub. Article suggesting suitable policies and procedures for avoiding regressive tendencies and promoting income redistribution through labour intensive rural public works in developing countries - cites examples of more income benefits accruing to employers rather than employees in...

Comprises seven case studies taken from a larger project on rural labour markets and employment policies. Examines how rural labour markets function and the complex factors that condition their outcomes.

ILO pub. Article on the effect of changes in the economic structure upon employment in developing countries - discusses factors such as varying sectoral growth rates, social change and industrial development as well as the implications of structural change in developed countries. References.

ILO pub. Article on the notion of 'voluntary' unemployment in developed countries and in developing countries - analyses six behavioural characteristics attributed to unemployed workers suspected of indulging in voluntary unemployment (e.g. Excessive wages aspirations, preference for part time...

ILO pub. Article on child care services for children of men and woman workers - examines the social policy attitudes and the different institutional frameworks of child care in developed countries and developing countries, discusses the need for a well-conceived child care policy, and includes...

ILO pub. Article calling for a more rational transport policy in rural area road transport planning, with particular reference to developing countries - proposes use of labour intensive road construction techniques, better evaluation of transport demand in view of types of vehicles available,...

ILO pub. Article on comparison of factors influencing the success or failure of new forms of work organization in Indian and tanzanian enterprises - finds that chances of success can be greatly improved if full consideration is given to climate of labour relations, management techniques,...

ILO pub. Article on economic implications of child labour in developing countries - develops a typology of child employment consisting of homemaker duties, unpaid work, forced labour, wages labour, informal sector, schooling, leisure and reproductive activities, reviews different kinds of...

ILO pub. Article on the effect of multinational enterprises on employment and technology in developing countries - covers the scope for choice of technology and technology transfer, the economic obstacles, the problems in evaluation of effects on employment creation, etc., and discusses...