Productivity, decent employment and poverty: conceptual and practical issues related to small enterprises

Paul Vandenberg ()

ILO Working Papers from International Labour Organization

Abstract: Explores the issue of productivity in micro, small and medium-size enterprises and examines its relation to employment and poverty. Presents 11 case studies which illustrate how the ILO's small enterprise support programme (IFP/SEED) confronts the productivity challenge by focusing on improvements in work practices.

Keywords: labour productivity; employment; small enterprise; microenterprise; working conditions; poverty; productivité du travail; emploi; petite entreprise; microentreprise; conditions de travail; pauvreté; productividad del trabajo; empleo; pequeña empresa; microempresa; condiciones de trabajo; pobreza (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 33 p. statistics pages
Date: 2004
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