The question raised in this review is whether small-scale producers in developing countries
can expand or whether they are up against constraints which stunt their growth. Most of the …

This study was conducted in 1986 as a research project of the CGPRT Centre. The
generous support and encouragement of Director Shiro Okabe and his staff is gratefully …

In der soziologischen Beschäftigung mit Arbeitslosigkeit in europäischen Ländern wird
zunehmend auf Arbeitsformen verwiesen, die sich jenseits von Lohnarbeit finden. Dieser …

This survey is concerned with three issues: the sectoral structure of the labor force;
unemployment; and underemployment. This book provides a statistical overview of these …

One of the main problems faced by teachers and students who have a scholarly interest in
Southeast Asia is the lack of general, user-friendly texts in the social sciences. The absence …

The nature and role of the so-called “informal sector” are re-examined, on the basis of a
detailed country study, using different data sources relating to Kenya which have recently …

In 1980 the author was asked by ILO/JASPA (Jobs and Skills Programme for Africa) to
undertake a review of rural development in Kenya, from the point of view of employment, in …

This article argues that at least two distinct categories within the informal sector-informal
services and informal manufacturing-exhibit different structural and behavioural …

Various aspects of urbanization–including the rapid growth of urban, especially metropolitan
populations, increasing levels of urban primacy, rural‐urban migration and the infrastructure …

Nous ne sommes pas du tout certain, a priori, qu'il existe, en Inde ou ailleurs,, tde récrlite
économique et sociale, homogene et bien cernable que l'on puisse appeler de manière …