Publications

December 1999

  1. Social Security Schemes in Southern Africa: An Overview and Proposals for Future Development

    14 December 1999

    This paper provides information and ideas to support current policy discussions of social security in Southern Africa. Its intended audience is government officials, scheme administrators, and leaders in the labour movement and business community whose close involvement in social security initiatives is essential to their success.

August 1999

  1. Improving Labour Market Information in Southern Africa

    18 August 1999

    The objective of this paper is to provide concepts and definitions that assist countries in establishing information systems that meet the demand for information from policymakers as well as other users.

April 1999

  1. Agriculture, Employment and Poverty in Malawi

    21 April 1999

    The objective of this paper is to review the evolution of agriculture in Malawi in a historical perspective and consider policy measures that have recently been effected, or options that are available to promote growth and equity in the rural sector.

March 1999

  1. Occupational Health and Safety in Southern Africa: Trends and Policy Issues

    10 March 1999

    This paper outlines the major features of the current situation on occupational health and safety in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Region and the issues that it raises for policy making. It describes major production changes in the SADC region, and how new production methods bring along new occupational hazards.

November 1998

  1. Employment Injury Schemes in Southern Africa: An Overview and Proposals for Future Directions

    18 November 1998

    This paper focuses on the employment injury schemes which exist throughout Southern Africa to compensate workers who are injured on the job or develop occupational illnesses.

August 1998

  1. Industrial Relations in Southern Africa: The Challenge of Change

    19 August 1998

    The paper reflects a survey of the dynamic transformations taking place in the industrial relations systems of Southern Africa, and within the larger global environment.

March 1998

  1. Gender guidelines for employment and skills training in conflict-affected countries

    01 March 1998

February 1998

  1. Labour Migration to South Africa in the 1990s

    11 February 1998

    This paper addresses the question of contemporary labour migration in the SADC region — a key issue of debate and policy-making in the 1990s which has direct implications for future political, economic and employment development at national and regional level.

October 1997

  1. Developing financial institutions in conflict affected countries : emerging issues, first lessons learnt and challenges ahead

    01 October 1997

August 1997

  1. Shaping a Labour Market-Based Training Policy for Lesotho

    20 August 1997

    this paper examines training policy in Lesotho from a labour market perspective.

July 1996

  1. Labour Standards in Export Processing Zones: A Southern African Perspective

    24 July 1996

    The report assesses the role of labour standards in the performance of EPZs, in particular with regard to EPZs in Southern Africa. Its purpose is to assist policy makers in the countries of the subregion in the development of strategies for export oriented industrialization and employment generation

May 1996

  1. Employing foreign workers. A manual on policies and procedures of special interest to middle and low income countries

    13 May 1996

    Includes an appendix on the ILO's information system for legislation concerning migrant workers.

January 1984

  1. Multinationals and employment in a West African sub-region: Liberia and Sierra Leone

    01 January 1984

    Multinational Enterprises Programme Working Paper No. 29

  2. Employment and multinational enterprises in export processing zones: the case of Liberia and Ghana

    01 January 1984

    Multinational Enterprises Programme Working Paper No. 30

January 1983

  1. Third world multinationals: technology choice and employment generation in Nigeria

    01 January 1983

    Multinational Enterprises Programme Working Paper No. 25

January 1981

  1. Appropriate technology choice and employment creation by two multinational enterprises in Nigeria

    01 January 1981

    Multinational Enterprises Programme Working Paper No. 17

January 1979

  1. Employment effects of multinational enterprises in Nigeria

    01 January 1979

    Multinational Enterprises Programme Working Paper No. 10

January 1970

  1. Forced labour and human trafficking: a toolkit for trade unions in Nigeria

    01 January 1970