Publications

September 2009

1. News@ILO, September 2009

   01 September 2009

   New enews featuring the plight of migrant workers with HIV/AIDS, recent discussion on employment challenges for rural youth, upcoming National Tripartite Consultations on Decent Work for Domestic Workers and Strategic Collective Bargaining for Employers Road Show, Calendar and Bookshelf.

August 2009

1. Rapid assessment of the impact of the global economic crisis on employment and industrial relations in Sri Lanka

   31 August 2009

   Provides an initial and rapid stock taking of the impact of the global economic downturn on employment in Sri Lanka around six to eight months into the crisis.

2. Narrative report on the Second National Domestic Workers' Summit: Decent Work for Domestic Workers

   20 August 2009

   Documents the results, recommendations and future policy reforms and programs agreed upon at the Second National Domestic Workers' Summit.

3. Decent Work Country Programme: Solomon Islands

   19 August 2009

   This document outlines the Decent Work Country Programme for Solomon Islands for the period 2009-2012.

4. Training and employment opportunities to address poverty among rural youth: a synthesis report

   19 August 2009

   The aim of this multi-country study is to identify relevant training and employment needs and opportunities, which can improve on, and off-farm income generation for young women and men in rural areas. This research is timely since young people make up the majority of migrants streaming into towns and cities from the rural areas in search of jobs placing pressure on urban labour markets. The current global financial and economic crisis only serves to increase such pressure and augment the incidence of youth unemployment, underemployment and poor working conditions.

5. Mandatory HIV testing for employment of migrant workers in eight countries of South-East Asia: from discrimination to social dialogue

   05 August 2009

   In the spirit of protecting the basic human rights of women and men who seek work abroad, we present this study on mandatory HIV testing of migrant workers. Its purpose is to promote an informed dialogue amongst representatives from governments and workers’ and employers’ organizations throughout Southeast Asia on this important subject. Upwards of hundreds of thousands of workers from the region are being tested for HIV without their informed consent each year, in contradiction of the ILO Code of Practice on HIV/AIDS and the World of Work, and in violation of their human rights. Moreover, some of them have their rights violated even further by being denied employment as a result of their HIV status. We hope that this study is a call to action to protect the dignity of workers who are being excluded from the labour market by this negative practice of mandatory HIV testing.

6. Report on the Nepal labour force survey 2008

   01 August 2009

   The Report is published by the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Nepal with technical assistance by the ILO and financial support from UNDP, Nepal. The Survey is the second after the first Survey 1998/99. It updates various indicators of labour force statistics derived from the first Survey.

7. Tips on protecting your employees from pandemic human influenza

   01 August 2009

   Tips on how to prevent pandemic human influenza in the workplace extracted from ILO training manuals.

8. 

   Issues: August 2009

   01 August 2009

   This edition features the Global Jobs Pact, tackling the economic crisis in Cambodia and Indonesia, combating child labour in Cambodia and highlights of ILO 90 activities in Asia and the Pacific

July 2009

1. New arrivals at the ILO Library in Bangkok: July 2009

   31 July 2009

   Provides list of new arrivals of publications at the ILO Library in Bangkok.

2. Decent Work Country Programme: Vanuatu

   28 July 2009

   Outlines the priority objectives and strategies for achieving decent work in Vanuatu.

3. APYouthNet discussion forum consolidated product 2: education and skills training to improve the employability of youth

   27 July 2009

   Synthesis of the Asia-Pacific Knowledge Network on Youth Employment (APYN) second discussion forum that took place 13-27 July, 2009.

4. China: specialist recommendation report on the questionnaire on Decent Work for Domestic Workers

   01 July 2009

   A joint report by the ILO, UNIFEM and Beijing University Women's Law Study and Services Center.

June 2009

1. Migrant workers’ remittances: Cambodia, Lao PDR and Myanmar

   30 June 2009

   The study on migrant workers’ remittances to their families Cambodia, Lao PDR and Myanmar investigated the sending behaviour in terms of the amount sent, the frequency in sending, the intended purposes of the remittances and the actual use.

2. New arrivals at the ILO Library in Bangkok: May-June 2009

   30 June 2009

   Provides list of new arrivals of publications at the ILO Library in Bangkok.

3. The global economic crisis: labour market impacts and policies for recovery in Asia

   30 June 2009

   The paper provides an assessment of the economic and labour market impacts of the financial and economic crisis in Asia and the Pacific and reviews national policy responses to the crisis. Its aim is to present an overview of the main mechanisms through which the crisis is impacting the region, and to highlight some policy options available to countries confronting the crisis that are likely to have positive outcomes vis-à-vis employment generation, improving social welfare on the basis of decent work principles, and promoting a sound economic recovery.

4. Migrant worker remittances and their impact on local economic development

   29 June 2009

   The international labour migration has become a common approach for many poor countries to alleviate unemployment and to work out from poverty. These countries are generally characterized by soaring unemployment, low economic development, and high population growth rate. Remittances and skills gained from working abroad are thought to be the crucial outcomes of migration, which will have profound impact on economic development and welfare of individual migrant family, community and the nation. The study of remittance flows and uses in Lao PDR is an attempt to estimate the amount of remittances sent home by Lao migrant workers in Thailand, to understand the sending channels, and to examine the use of remittances and the potential impacts. The study shows that Lao migrant workers send home on average 27,659 Thai baht per annum. The remittances have been largely used for household consumption, while little is left for investment and income generation. Nevertheless, remittances have contributed to improvement in living standard of migrants’ household. The usual channels for sending remittances are through the private money transfer, the informal channel, and friends or relatives. Migrant workers tend to regularly remit money home during the fist few years of migration. Male migrants send about 56 percent higher than the amount send by female workers. This is due mainly to gender bias in the types of job engaged and the level of wages earned between men and women. In Lao PDR, the positive impact of remittances on development would be higher if the formal financial services, such bank and micro–credit institution are widely accessible to migrant workers and their family.

5. Business continuity planning : guidelines for small and medium-sized enterprises

   15 June 2009

   A business continuity plan provides opportunities not only to cope with adverse events, but also to develop a stronger strategical approach that will improve overall business operatins and processes.

6. Fact sheet - Promoting Decent Work for People with Disabilities through a Disability Inclusion Support Service (INCLUDE)

   01 June 2009

   The INCLUDE Project, or Disability Inclusion Support Service, aims to assist countries in their transition from disability policies and services based on separate provisions to an approach emphasizing the full participation of persons with disabilities in the mainstream – an approach that is promoted by ILO standards and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

7. Fact sheet - Promoting the Employability and Employment of People with Disabilities through Effective Legislation (PEPDEL)

   01 June 2009

   The ILO Project “Promoting the Employability and Employment of People with Disabilities through Effective Legislation” furthers the review and reform of disability related training and employment laws and policies, and their effective implementation in selected countries of East and Southern Africa, Asia and the Pacific.