SERIES

  1. SME Working Papers

  1. Tripartite Declaration of Principles concerning Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy (MNE Declaration) - 6th Edition (2022)

Publications

2005

  1. Economic and social effects of export processing zones in Costa Rica

    01 June 2005

    Multinational Enterprises Programme Working Paper No. 97

  2. Foreign direct investment spillovers, absorptive capacities and human capital development : evidence from Argentina

    01 May 2005

    Multinational Enterprises Programme Working Paper No. 96

  3. Support for growth-oriented women entrepreneurs in Tanzania

    08 April 2005

  4. Support for growth-oriented women entrepreneurs in Ethiopia

    08 April 2005

  5. Support for growth-oriented women entrepreneurs in Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania. An overview report

    08 April 2005

    Covers the background information to the ILO-African Development Bank country-level studies on the subject and presents the findings and recommendations resulting from the application of the analytical integrated framework in the three countries.

  6. Support for growth-oriented women entrepreneurs in Kenya

    08 April 2005

  7. Nepal and Pakistan - Micro-finance and microenterprise development: Their contribution to the economic empowerment of women

    01 March 2005

    SEED Working Paper No. 69

  8. Guidelines for cooperative legislation, second revised edition

    01 February 2005

    Provides guidance on how to draft a cooperative law.

  9. Being "Real" about Youth Entrepreneurship in Eastern and Southern Africa: Implications for Adults, Institutions and Sector Structures, Series on Youth and Entrepreneurship

    01 January 2005

    SEED Working Paper No. 72

  10. Women entrepreneurs in Pakistan : how to improve their bargaining power

    01 January 2005

  11. The other India at work : job quality in micro and small enterprise clusters

    01 January 2005

  12. Improve Your Exhibiting Skills: A Training Guide(IYES)

    01 January 2005

    IYES is intended to enhance women's capacity to access and participate in trade fairs, in part through the organization of women-only trade fairs, as well as through their participation in regular shows and events.

  13. Social Auditing in Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey Results from survey and case study research

    01 January 2005

    From a developmental perspective, this project is intended to contribute to the debate about the roles and responsibilities of governments, businesses and their organizations and worker organizations vis-à-vis the implementation of international labour standards. The immediate objective of the project is to increase knowledge of social auditing and certification systems, in order to identify possible areas of involvement and aid the policy debate of both the ILO/EU and their constituents.

  14. Do foreign-owned firms pay more? Evidence from the Indonesian manufacturing sector 1990-99

    01 January 2005

    Multinational Enterprises Programme Working Paper No. 98

  15. Foreign direct investment spillovers, absorptive capacities and human capital development: Evidence from Argentina.Working Paper No. 96

    01 January 2005

    This paper has been prepared within the framework of a research project on analysing the employment effects of multinational enterprises (MNEs), coordinated and edited by Ann Harrison of the University of Berkeley and Kee Beom Kim of the Multinational Enterprises Programme of the ILO. In this paper Rajneesh Narula and Anabel Marin address an important policy question: Do foreign firms really transfer technology to domestic enterprises? This is a critical question from a policy perspective since many governments attract multinational enterprises through generous tax holidays and other benefits on the assumption that they do, in fact, transfer technology to domestic enterprises.

  16. Economic and social effects of export processing zones in Costa Rica - Working Paper No. 97

    01 January 2005

    In this paper, Mauricio Jenkins analyses the economic and social impacts of export processing zones (EPZs) in Costa Rica and tests for backward linkages from firms in these zones to the local economy. Such a country case study of EPZs is particularly interesting and useful as many developing countries have encouraged EPZs as a tool to reap some of the benefits associated with globalization.

2004

  1. Labour and Employment Issues in Foreign Direct Investment: Public Support Conditionalities

    01 November 2004

    Multinational Enterprises Programme Working Paper No. 95

  2. Job quality in micro and small enterprises in Ghana: field research results

    01 October 2004

    SEED Working Paper No. 68 - Series on Job Quality in Micro and Small Enterprise Development

  3. The 2004 Reader - Developing Markets for Business Development Services: Pioneering Systemic Approaches

    22 September 2004

    Fifth Annual BDS Seminar - Chiang Mai, Thailand, September 2004

  4. Social marketing for better job quality in micro and small enterprises in Ghana

    20 September 2004

    SEED Working Paper No. 65