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Working Paper No. 91 - Decent work and informal employment: A survey of workers in Glen View, Harare - [pdf 615 KB]
Malte Luebker, 2008
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Working Paper No. 90 - Employment, unemployment and informality in Zimbabwe: Concepts and data for coherent policy-making - [pdf 597 KB]
Malte Luebker, 2008
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Working Paper No. 89 - Rural Migrant Workers in China: Scenario, challenges and public policy - [pdf 225 KB]
Li Shi, 2008
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Working Paper No. 87 - Global Rules and markets: Constraints over Policy Autonomy in Developing Countries - [pdf 217 KB]
Yilmaz Akyuz, 2008
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Working Paper No. 85 - Gender, Informality and Employment Adjustment in Latin America - [pdf 315 KB]
Rossana Galli and David Kucera, 2007
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Working Paper No. 84 - The Impact of Institutions and Policy on Informal Economy in Developing Countries: An economic exploration - [pdf 434 KB]
Diego Rei and Manas Bhattacharya, 2007
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Working Paper No. 83 - Beyond the Employment/Unemployment Dichotomy: Measuring the Quality of Employment in Low Income Countries - [pdf 222 KB]
Sabina Dewan and Peter Peek, 2007
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Working Paper No. 82 - Growth and Employment Dynamics in Botswana: A Case Study of Policy Coherence - [pdf 288 KB]
Happy K. Shiphambe, 2007
This paper examines what is behind Botswana's spectacular economic success since gaining independence in 1966.
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Working Paper No. 81 - Globalization, Industrial Revolutions in India and China and Labour Markets in Advanced Countries: Implications for National and International Economic Policy - [pdf 488 KB]
Ajit Singh, 2007
This paper examines the impact on labour markets in advanced countries of the "current globalization" of China and India with the liberalized economy. This globalization takes place in the form of free trade, free capital movements and domestic labour market flexibility.
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Working Paper No. 80 - Growth, Investment and Employment in Ghana - [pdf 192 KB]
Ernest Aryeetey, William Baah-Boateng, 2007
This paper examines the formulation of national policies including trade, exchange rate, monetary, fiscal and labour market policies and how they have contributed to growth and employment generation.
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Working paper No. 79 - Employment Creation, Real wages and Job Quality: How much aggregate Economic Growth Delivers? The Case of Chile - [pdf 181 KB]
Andrés Solimano, 2007
This paper provides an overview of the Chilean economy and analyzes macroeconomic policies highighting the main features of fiscal, monetary, exchange rate and capital account policies. It also looks at patterns of labour market adjustment focusing on the behavior of employment and real wages.
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Working paper No. 78 - Globalization and the illicit market for human trafficking: an empirical analysis of supply and demand. - [pdf 269 KB]
Gergana Danailova-Trainor and Patrick Belser, 2006
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Working Paper No. 77 - Global Production Systems and Decent Work - [pdf 291 KB]
Stephanie Barrientos, 2007
This aim of this paper is to provide an overview of the challenges of enhancing decent work within global production systems, and contribute to developing a reasearch agenda on this issue.
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Working Paper No. 76 - Socio-economic security and decent work in Ukraine: a comparative view and statistical findings - [pdf 399 KB]
Igor Chernyshev, 2006
This paper draws on results from work on developing and testing decent work statistical indicators and methods of data collection. It includes also points on experience gained during the preparation and implementation of several surveys in Ukraine.
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Working Paper No. 75 - Financial Openness and Employment: The Need for Coherent International and National Policies - [pdf 296 KB]
Rolph van de Hoeven and Malte luebker, 2006
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Working Paper No. 74 - From Liberalization to Investment and Jobs: Lost in Translation - [pdf 311 KB]
Yilmaz Akyuz, 2006
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Working Paper No. 74 - From Liberalization to Investment and Jobs: Lost in Translation - [pdf 311 KB]
Yilmaz Akyuz, 2006
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Working Paper No. 73 - Issues in Macroeconomic and Financial Policies, Stability and Growth - [pdf 168 KB]
Yilmaz Akyuz, 2006
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Working Paper No. 72 - A new methodology for estimating internationally comparable poverty lines and living wage rates - [pdf 865 KB]
Richard Anker, 2005
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Working paper No. 71 - The quantification of respect for selected core labour standards: towards a social development index? - [pdf 222 KB]
Ludo Cuyvers and Daniel Van Den Bulcke, 2006