Presents findings of a study of construction workers in a low income settlement on the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya. Finds that workers are predominantly employed on a casual or temporary basis without contracts, and with unregulated terms and conditions of employment; workers have no protection...

Analyses restructuring and the role of social dialogue in Brazil's chemical industry in the 2000s.

Based on surveys of 300 micro and small-scale enterprises (MSEs) and 20 business development service (BDS) providers in Thailand and Viet Nam. Examines the types of services provided and identifies different methods of service provision: purchased services, services provided on a commission...

Provides an overview on the regional impact of EPZ activity during the period 1989-2002, with particular reference to the reduced dependence on traditional exports, generating export revenues, and providing jobs. Studies econometrically which types of enterprises most likely generate backward...

Based on data from Encuesta de hogares de 1996 del Direccion General de Estadistica, Encuestas y Censos (DGEEyC).

ILO pub. Working paper, comparison of decision making process in foreign enterprise subsidiarys of American and Japanese multinational enterprise located in the UK - contrasts the role of USA management attitudes in the 1950s with role of Japanese industrial management in the 1980s; covers...