Public enterprise, technology and employment in developing countries

J. James

ILO Working Papers from International Labour Organization

Abstract: Working paper on choice of technology and employment creation in public enterprises in developing countries - finds them to be more capital intensive than private enterprise in spite of employment policy goals; examines the institutional framework from which technological decision making emerges out of conflicting objectives. Graphs and references.

Keywords: choice of technology; employment creation; public enterprise; capital intensive; employment policy; institutional framework; decision making.; conflict; choix de technologie; création d'emploi; entreprise publique; forte intensité de capital; politique de l'emploi; cadre institutionnel; prise de décision; conflit; elección de tecnología; creación de empleos; empresa pública; alto coeficiente de capital; política de empleo; organización institucional; toma de decisiones; conflicto (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 24 P. pages
Date: 1982
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Published in World Employment Programme Research working paper. WEP 2-22, Technology and Employment Programme

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