Lao People's Democratic Republic: Employment promotion

May 2009 

• ILO Issues revised global unemployment projections; Unemployment in Asia Pacific could top 100 million people
  28 May 2009 - The number of people unemployed in 2009 could increase by between 29.4 million and 58.8 million people globally, and between 9 and 26.3 million in Asia Pacific, compared to 2007. That’s according to new projections from the ILO, the United Nations agency that deals with work and workplace issues. (Press release)

January 2009 

• ILO global employment trends report 2009 - unemployment, working poor, vulnerable employment to increase dramatically due to global employment crisis
  29 January 2009 - The global economic crisis is expected to lead to a dramatic increase in the number of people joining the ranks of the unemployed, working poor and those in vulnerable employment, the International Labour Office (ILO) says in its annual Global Employment Trends report (GET). (Press release)

November 2008 

• Village banking in Lao PDR, ledger guide - [pdf 160 KB]
  18 November 2008 - This guide elaborates on how to fill in and use the ledger. The ledger is used to show expenditure and income by the type of item (e.g. membership fees, loans, or interest). (Book)

January 2007 

• Bangkok
  Managing small business associatons: readers' manual - [pdf 2172 KB]
  01 January 2007 - This training package contains a bilingual Reader handbook for association managers and a bilingual Trainer’s Manual that are easy to use for developing or improving a business association. ... (Book)
• Bangkok
  Managing small business associatons: trainers' manual - [pdf 2315 KB]
  01 January 2007 - This training package contains a bilingual Reader handbook for association managers and a bilingual Trainer’s Manual that are easy to use for developing or improving a business association. ... (Book)

February 2006 

• Gender issues in micro and small enterprises in Lao PDR - [pdf 1053 KB]
  01 February 2006 - This report is the outcome of a gender study on micro and small entrepreneurs in Lao PDR jointly undertaken by the ILO and the Gender Research and Information Development Centre of the Lao Women’s Union. The research findings highlight the experiences and issues concerning these entrepreneurs from a gender perspective. ... (Book)