Asia Reading List
ILO, “Successful employment and labour market policies in Europe and Asia and the
Pacific”, ed. by Claire Harasty, Employment Strategy Department, 2004.
Kwon, H. (2003) “Transforming The Developmental Welfare States In East Asia”, Paper
presented to the Annual Conference of the RC 19 Committee, University of Toronto, August 21-24.
Bangladesh
ILO (2005) 'EIIP: Bangladesh'
Jahan, S. and R. McCleery (2005) “Making Infrastructure Work For The Poor,” Synthesis
Report of Four Country Studies--Bangladesh, Senegal, Thailand and Zambia, UNDP.
Mujeri, M.K. (2002) 'Bangladesh: Bringing Poverty Focus in Rural Infrastructure
Development', Discussion Paper 6, Geneva: Recovery and Reconstruction Department International Labour Office.
Rahman, M. H. (2000) Fighting Poverty: Government and NGO perceptions and interventions in Bangladesh, Paper presented at the Development Studies Network Conference on Poverty, Prosperity and Progress, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, 17-19th November 2000.
Shone, M. and Tajgman, D. (1997) Report on Work Norms and Wage Rates for Food Assisted Works in Bangladesh, Part I, Undertaken for Government of Bangladesh, World Food Programme, the USAID-funded CARE/Integrated Food for Development Project, and European Union/Integrated Food Assisted Development Project.
WFP/BIDS/IFPRI (1985) 'Development Impact of the Food-for-Work Program in Bangladesh', Technical Papers
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Cambodia
Munters, P. (2003) Jobs or Machines: Comparative Analysis of Rural Road Works in Cambodia, Bangkok: ILO.
China
Zhu, L. and J. Zhongyi (2004) The Food-for-Work Policy and Expansion of the Rural
Employment in Poor Areas in Western China,Employment-Intensive Investment Branch, ILO, Geneva.
Zhu Ling and Jiang Zhongyi (1995), '''Yigong-Daizhen'' in China: A New Experience
with Labor-Intensive Public Works in Poor Areas', Chapter 4 in J. von Braun (ed.), Employment for Poverty Reduction and Food Security. WashingtonD.C.: IFPRI.
India
Acharya, S. (1990) 'The Maharashtra Employment Guarantee Scheme: A study of labour market intervention', ARTEP Working Paper, New Delhi: International Labour Organisation.
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Bhaduri, Amit “Macroeconomic Policies for Higher Employment in the Era of
Globalization,” Employment Strategy Papers (Geneva, ILO, 2005).
Bhaduri, Amit “Guaranteeing Employment,” The Hindu, December 27, 2004,
Bharat, T. (n.d.) An Assessment of Jawahar Rozgar Yojna in Manipur.
CYSD (1996) Productive employment and sustainable livelihood: The Indian Situation,
Montevideo: The Third World Institute.
Dandekar, K. (1983) 'Employment Guarantee Scheme - An Employment Opportunity for Women', Pune: Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics.
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Dandekar, K. and Sathe, M. (1980) 'Employment Guarantee Scheme and Food for Work Programme', Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 25, No. 15, pp. 707-13.
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Datar, C. (1988) 'Maharashtra Employment Guarantee Scheme and its Impact on Women Workers', paper presented at IAWS Conference, Vishakhapatnam.
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Datt, G. and Ravallion, M. (1991) 'Impacts on Time allocation and Poverty of Public Works in Two Maharashtran Villages', WashingtonD.C.: World Bank.
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Dati, G. and Ravallion, M. (1992) 'Behavioral Responses to Workfare: Evidence for Rural India’, WashingtonD.C.: World Bank.
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Dev, S. M. (1992) 'Poverty AlIeviation Programmes: A Case of Maharashtra With Emphasis on Employment Guarantee Scheme', Discussion Paper No. 77, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Bombay.
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(1996) 'Experience of India's (Maharashtra) Employment Guarantee Scheme: Lessons for Development Policy', Development Policy Review, Vol. 14, pp. 227-53.
Donnges, Chris P.K. Pattanaik and John van Rijn, “India-State of Orissa-Integrated Rural
Accessibility Planning, Gram Panchayat Level,” International Labour Organization (Geneva: ILO, 2004).
Gaiha, R. (1997) 'Do Rural Public Works Influence Agricultural Wages? The case of the
Employment Guarantee Scheme in India', Oxford Development Studies, Vol. 25, No.3, pp. 301-314.
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Gaiha, R. (2004) “Is There A Case For Employment Guarantee Scheme In India? Some
Recent Evidence”, ASARC Working Paper 2004-09.
Gaiha, R., Imai, K., Kaushik, P.O. (2001) 'On the Targeting and Cost-Effectiveness of Anti-Poverty Programmes in Rural India' , Development and Change, Vol. 32, pp. 309-42.
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Ganesh-Kumar, A., Mishra, S. and Panda, M. (2004) 'Employment Guarantee for Rural India', Economic and Political Weekly, 18 December, pp. 5359-61.
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Government of India (2001) Report of the Working Group on Rural Poverty Alleviation Programmes for the Tenth Five Year Plan, New Delhi: Planning Commission
Hirway, I. (2006) “India's National Rural Employment Guarantee Act: Challenges
Ahead”
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Hirway, I. (2004) 'Providing Employment Guarantee in India: Some Critical Issues', Economic and Political Weekly, 27 November, pp. 5117-24.
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India Committee of the Netherlands (1992) Work Against Poverty: Development Aid and
Debt Conversion for Employment Guarantee in India, Utrecht: India Committee of the Netherlands.
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Joshi, A. and Moore, M. (2000), 'The Mobilising Potential of Anti-Poverty Programmes', IDS Discussion Paper 374, Institute of Development Studies, Brighton.
Khatu, K. K. (2000) Employment Guarantee Scheme, Maharashtra, India, Paper presented at the 'Ethiopian Food Aid Targeting Guidelines Workshop', 17-19 May, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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Maitra, P. (2001) “A Quantitative Analysis of Employment Guarantee Programs with an
Application to Rural India”, Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, 10(2): 211-228. Abstract:
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Nayyer, R. (2002) 'The Contribution of Public Works and Other Labour-Based Infrastructure to Poverty Alleviation: The Indian Experience', Issues in Employment and Poverty, Discussion Paper 3, Geneva: ILO.
PEO (1980) Joint Evaluation Report on Employment Guarantee Scheme in Maharashtra, New Delhi: Programme Evaluation Organisation, Planning Commission.
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Pandey, A.P., (2005) “The New Employment Guarantee Scheme-A Radical Deal for
India’s Poor”.
Pellissery, S. “Micro-Politics Of Social Protection: Examining the Effectiveness of
'Right for Employment' for Informal Sector in Rural Maharashtra,” Paper submitted for British Association of South Asian Studies’ Annual Conference at the University of Leeds, March 30-April 1, 2005.
Ravallion, M., Datt, G. and Chaudhuri, S. (1993) 'Does Maharashtra's Employment Guarantee Scheme Guarantee Employment? Effects of the 1988 Wage Increase', Economic Development and Cultural Change, Vol. 41, No.2, pp. 253-75.
Ravallion, M. and Chaudhuri, S. (1997) “Risk and Insurance in Village India: Comment”,
Econometrica, 65(1): 171-184.
Sathe, M. (1991) 'Rural Employment and Employment Guarantee Scheme in
Maharashtra: A Summary', Pune: Development Group.
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Sharma, A. (1995) 'Political Economy of Poverty in Bihar', Economic and Political Weekly.
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Sharma, A., et al. (2001) 'Dynamics of Supply, Poverty and Human Development in Bihar', New Delhi: Institute of Human Development.
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Swamy, G. (2003) Gender Dimensions of Public Employment Schemes, Gender and Development Group, PREM, WashingtonD.C.: World Bank.
Indonesia
Ahmed, I. (1999) 'Indonesia's Crisis and Recovery: The Myths and Reality', Discussion Paper No.1, Jakarta: ILO.
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Curtain, R. (1999) Emergency public employment programs in Indonesia: a public policy Perspective, Melbourne: Curtain Consulting.
ILO (n.d.) Addressing the Challenge of Youth Employment in Indonesia
ILO (2005) 'ElIP: Indonesia',
Islam, I. (2002) Poverty, Employment and Wages: An Indonesian Perspective, ILO-JMHL W-Government of Indonesia Seminar on Strengthening Employment and Labour Market Policies for Poverty Alleviation and Economic Recovery in East and Southeast Asia, Jakarta, 29 April- I May.
Islam, R., Bhattacharya, G., Dhanani, S., Iacono, M., Mehran, F., Mukhopadhyay, S. and
Thuy, P. (2001) 'The Economic Crisis: Labor Market Challenges and Policies in Indonesia', Chapter 2 in Betcherman, G. and Islam, R. (eds), East Asian Labor Markets and the Economic Crisis: Impacts, Responses and Lessons, WashingtonD.C.: World Bank.
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Perdana, A. and Maxwell, J. (2004) 'Poverty Targeting in Indonesia: Programs, Problems and Lessons Learned', Economics Working Paper Series, No. 83.
Setiawan, B. (n.d.) Chapter Two: Indonesia, [no publication details].
SMERU (1999) 'Results of a SMERU Team Rapid Assessment of the First Phase of the
PDM-DKE Program', SMERU Newsletter, No.4 (March-April).
Sumarto, S., Suryahadi, A. and Widyanti, W. (2001) 'Designs and Implementation of the
Indonesian Social Safety Net Programs: Evidence from the JPS Module in the 1999 SUSENAS', SMERU Working Paper, March.
Swisher, G. (1999) 'A Village-Managed Labour-Intensive Drought-Relief Project in
Eastern Indonesia', SMERU Newsletter, No.4 (March-April).
Nepal
Lokollo(1999). 'Community participation and gender sensitivity Irrigation, forestry and Environmental protection in Nepal', ASIST Bulletin, No.8.
Sri Lanka
Jayaratne, K. A. (2003) 'Community contracting as a means of improving the livelihoods of the urban poor in Sri Lanka', ASIST Bulletin, NO.15.
Turkey
Auer, Peter and Natalia Popova, “Labour Market Policy for Restructuring In Turkey: The
Need for More Active Policies,” Employment Sector (Geneva: ILO, 2003).
Tansel, A. (2004), “Public-Private Employment Choice, Wage Differentials and Gender
in Turkey”, IZA Discussion Paper, No. 1262, August , 2004.
Tasci, H.Mehmet, Aysit Tansel, (2005), “ Unemployment and Transitions in the Turkish
Labor Market:Evidence from Individual Level Data”, IZA Discussion Paper Series, No.1663.
Yemen
McKinley, T. and F. Mehran. “Strengthening The Employment Impact Of An MDG-
Based Development Strategy For YEMEN,” Paper Prepared for the Conference on The Many Dimensions of Poverty, UNDP International Poverty Centre, Brazil, August 29-31, 2005.