Publications

The ILO Office in Bangladesh publishes reports, working papers, brochures and training manuals. Some of these can be downloaded directly. Others can be requested or purchased in hard copy from the ILO Library in Dhaka. Email

2023

  1. Gender responsive TVET and Skills Development systems: Progress, challenges, and policy options for women’s economic empowerment

    30 August 2023

  2. Pictorial handbook to establish model enterprise clinic at RMG industries in Bangladesh

    13 July 2023

  3. Comprehensive mapping and assessment of reintegration measures in South Asian Colombo process Member States

    03 July 2023

    This report has been jointly commissioned by ILO and IOM under the Governance of Labour Migration in South and Southeast Asia (GOALS) programme in collaboration with UN-Women and seeks to map out and assess the nature and gaps in the reintegration support provided to returnee migrant workers from five South Asian Colombo Process member States: Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

  4. Guidelines to establish model enterprise clinic at RMG industries in Bangladesh

    01 June 2023

    The International Labour Organization (ILO), in collaboration with the Ministry of Labour & Employment, employers' associations including BGMEA, BKMEA, BEF, and workers organizations including NCCWE and IBC, is working to establish effective Enterprise Clinics within factories. In this regard, ILO and its knowledge partner CMED Health Ltd. have developed a handbook with a checklist to guide employers in creating and maintaining model enterprise clinics. This handbook provides guidelines for implementing Enterprise Clinics in factories, based on relevant provisions in Bangladesh Labour Act and Labour Rules.

  5. Climate change and human mobility in Bangladesh

    01 May 2023

    The policy brief on climate change and human mobility in Bangladesh intends to gain a better understanding of the causes and consequences of climate change and its impact on human mobility, improve national knowledge, and recommend national actions keeping in mind the nexus between climate change, human mobility and employment.

  6. TVET campaign booklet

    21 March 2023

    The booklet contains the areas of technical and vocational education and skills development in easy and local language. This booklet was distributed during a national campaign conducted by the Directorate of Technical Education to the mass people.

  7. Bangladesh National Qualifications Framework (BNQF) Report

    21 March 2023

    The BNQF has been formulated to ensure that qualification outcomes remain relevant and nationally consistent, continue to support flexible qualifications linkages and pathways enable national and international portability and comparability of qualifications. This BNQF report is an evolving document and to be reviewed as and when necessary.

  8. Promoting Gender Responsive Enterprise Development and TVET Systems (ProGRESS) project

    19 March 2023

  9. World Employment and Social Outlook 2023: The value of essential work

    15 March 2023

    Key workers are essential for societies to function. The new edition of the ILO flagship report calls for a revaluation of their work to reflect their social contribution, and for greater investment in key sectors.

  10. BNQF Brochure

    12 March 2023

  11. Factory Improvement Toolset case studies: Bangladesh

    14 February 2023

    This report reviews the results of the pilot implementation of Factory Improvement Toolset (FIT) located in Bangladesh.

  12. Implementation of the Factory Improvement Toolset in the Asian garment sector: Final report

    14 February 2023

    This final report reviews the results of the pilot implementation of Factory Improvement Toolset (FIT) across 27 factories located in Cambodia, Bangladesh and Pakistan.

  13. Media representation of women migrant workers: A critical look

    09 February 2023

    The study reviews how overseas women migrant workers are characterized in print and electronic media in accordance with gender, class and geographic stereotypes. It critically assesses how women's multiple roles as workers, earners, investors, mothers and daughters, etc. are overshadowed by simplistic narratives focusing on exploitation and victimhood

2022

  1. Building back better with environmental sustainability and gender equality: Recommendations for the textile and garment sector in the post-COVID-19 pandemic recovery

    31 December 2022

    This Synthesis Report covers the regional level findings, priorities and recommendations and detailed explanation of the study methodology, as well as presenting summary findings for each of the country level results. The Synthesis Report draws on all the empirical data collected through the Study in the four countries.

  2. Building back better with environmental sustainability and gender equality: Bangladesh country summary

    31 December 2022

    This report provides highlights of the Bangladesh country level findings of the Building Back Better with Environmental Sustainability and Gender Equality Study, including stakeholder identified priorities and recommendations for enhancing environmental sustainability and gender equality in the sector in Bangladesh.

  3. Knowledge Intensive Business Services - gaps in environmental management in the textile and garment sector: Synthesis report

    01 December 2022

    A critical weakness in the environmental management systems in the textile and garment sector is the lack of business services to provide high level, technical expertise, and services in environmental management. These types of knowledge activities and services are referred to as knowledge intensive business services (KIBS) and are critical in supporting innovation and new knowledge acquisition in workplaces and sectors.

  4. Bangladesh Country Assessment and Priorities (CAPs)- Skills strategy

    30 November 2022

    This document will provide guidance for future skills interventions in Bangladesh.

  5. Asia-Pacific Employment and Social Outlook 2022: Rethinking sectoral strategies for a human-centred future of work (Summary)

    28 November 2022

    Labour markets are recovering from the COVID-19 crisis in Asia and the Pacific, but now face new challenges like inflation and geopolitical tensions. The report gives the regional labour market context and makes a first-time assessment of regional sectoral estimates to highlight which sectors are growing as sources of jobs, which are shrinking and which harbour opportunities for “decent work”.

  6. Asia-Pacific Employment and Social Outlook 2022: Rethinking sectoral strategies for a human-centred future of work

    28 November 2022

    Labour markets are recovering from the COVID-19 crisis in Asia and the Pacific, but now face new challenges like inflation and geopolitical tensions. The report gives the regional labour market context and makes a first-time assessment of regional sectoral estimates to highlight which sectors are growing as sources of jobs, which are shrinking and which harbour opportunities for “decent work”.

  7. Rebels, victims, agents of change: The singular histories of women migrant workers

    01 November 2022

    The purpose of this ethnographic study is to shed light on how women view their migration and work abroad. The findings challenge conventional narratives on labour migration of women and bring out important perspectives that invaluably inform policymaking.