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As part of the approved work programmeme relating to families, the Division for Social Policy and Development of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat commissioned a study on families and the world of work from the International Federation of Training and Development Organization (IFTDO) through a grant from the UN Trust Fund on Family Activities, based on four country case studies, covering Argentina, Egypt, India, and the Netherlands. The case studies were prepared under the general direction of IFTDO by four member organizations representing both practitioners in the field of human resource development and national professional or academic associations, namely: the Asociacion de Dirigentes de Capacitacion de la Argentina, TEAM International of Egypt, the Indian Society for Training and Development, and the NVvO Dutch Training and Development Organization. The material prepared by IFTDO was substantively edited in the United Nations Secretariat.