ILO pub-WEP pub-PREALC pub. Working paper on basic needs development planning in Latin America - outlines economic policy approaches, incl. The institutional framework, and public expenditure; examines the availability of social services for low income groups; calls for popular participation and...

ILO pub-WEP pub-PREALC pub. Working paper analyzing trends in public expenditure on rural development, education and health services to satisfy basic needs in Ecuador from 1970 to 1980 - considers the socioeconomic disparities and rural urban disparities in the impact on household income, access...

ILO pub. Working paper on urban area poverty and essential services in marginal suburbs (slums) of Guayaquil, Ecuador - describes social implications of rural migration, obstacles to adequate housing and health services, and development of illegal squatter human settlements with no access to...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper, capital goods, technology, industrial development, trends, 1955-1978, Colombia - supply and demand, choice of product, Innovation, technology transfer, obstacles, tariff policy, research policy. Bibliography, diagram, statistical tables.

Presents data from a methods test survey which shows higher rates of female labour force participation than reported by official surveys.

The paper indicates a number of preventive measures targeted to the elimination of the causes of stress, rather than the treatment of its effects, and how these measures can become an integral part of the necessary organizational development and eventually pay for themselves. The paper has seven...

This working paper is directed towards the prevention of stress in the offshore exploration and production industries. Many recommendations are given to reduce work stress, but it must be acknowledged that on any mobile drilling rig or fixed production platform there exists a great diversity of...

ILO pub-wep pub. Working paper on implications of rural area labour market characteristics for child labour and fertility behaviour in South East Asia, esp. Bangladesh - illustrates, with a village case study, the impact of wage rates, seasonal unemployment, nonfarm employment employment...

ILO pub. Working paper comprising a literature survey of ILO research on multinational enterprises and social policy - covers the industrial sector, employment effects, training practices and working conditions studies. Bibliography pp. 25 to 30.