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.

Outlines the global structure of the textiles and clothing industry and reviews trading patterns under the Multi-Fibre Arrangement (MFA), highlighting the impact of trade policies in the European Union and the USA. Examines the issue of labour standards as a new non-tariff barrier to trade....

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...

Assesses existing experiences with funds pooled by migrants contributing to the creation of income-generating activities in their countries of origin.