The development labour intensive industry in ASEAN countries: an overview

Amjad (edited), Rashid (1981): The development labour intensive industry in ASEAN countries: an overview. Published in: Asian employment Programme, International Labour Organisation, Bangkok

Abstract

The overview analyses the results of the country studies undertaken by the ILO’s Asian Employment Programme with the aim of contributing to the evolution of a policy framework for labour intensive development for ASEAN. These country study results are examined in the context of the industrialization debate in the 1970s and 1980s for import-substitution industrial growth versus export-led growth with much greater reliance on market forces and an open economy.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Labour Economics, Labour Industry, Labour Productivity, Development of Labour, Industrial Labour, ASEAN Countries
• Subjects: J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J2 - Demand and Supply of Labor > J24 - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J2 - Demand and Supply of Labor

References

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A. Sen, Choice of Techniques (Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1968) and F. Stewart and P. Streeten, "Conflicts between Output and Employment Objectives in Developing Countries", Oxford Economic Papers, Vol. 23, July 1971.

ILO: Strategies for Employment Promotion: An Evaluation of Four Inter Agency Employment Missions, (Geneva, 1973, p. 22).