Publications

2013

1. The Philippines Employment Projections Model: Employment targeting and scenarios

   15 May 2013

   Employment Working Paper No. 140

2. The Labour Markets of Emerging Economies: Has growth translated into more and better jobs?

   15 May 2013

   This volume focuses on the labour market situation, trends and regulations in emerging economies, devoting attention to how they have dealt with both short-term issues, namely the global financial crisis, and longer-term structural challenges − as well as the gaps that still remain.

3. 

   Perspectives on Labour Economics for Development

   01 March 2013

   Perspectives on Labour Economics for Development seeks to provide a comprehensive, but non-technical, coverage of labour market issues in a developing country context to help policy-makers and other readers improve their capacity to understand these topics and develop appropriate and effective policy responses. This book is an invaluable reference for policy-makers in middle- and low-income countries as well as an ideal handbook for teachers and students of economics and development.

4. How not to count the employed in developing countries

   29 January 2013

   Employment Working Paper No. 136

5. 

   Global Employment Trends 2013: Recovering from a second jobs dip

   22 January 2013

   Five years after the outbreak of the global financial crisis, the study offers the latest global and regional information and projections on several indicators of the labour market, including employment, unemployment, working poverty and vulnerable employment. It also presents a number of policy considerations in light of the new challenges facing policy makers in the coming year.

6. Global Employment Trends 2013: Recovering from a second jobs dip [Summary]

   22 January 2013

   Five years after the outbreak of the global financial crisis, the study offers the latest global and regional information and projections on several indicators of the labour market, including employment, unemployment, working poverty and vulnerable employment. It also presents a number of policy considerations in light of the new challenges facing policy makers in the coming year.

7. 

   Guide to the Millennium Development Goals Employment Indicators, second edition

   03 January 2013

2012

1. 

   Global Employment Trends for Women 2012

   15 December 2012

   Part of the Global Employment Trends series, this publication delivers the most current information on emerging trends and key challenges facing women in labour markets around the world.

2. Global Employment Outlook September 2012: Bleak Labour Market Prospects for Youth

   04 September 2012

   This update of the Global Employment Trends Report 2012 shows that jobless rates among young people will get even worse globally as the spillover of the euro crisis spreads from advanced to emerging economies.

3. 

   ILO-World Bank Joint Synthesis Report: Inventory of Policy Responses to the Financial and Economic Crisis

   03 August 2012

4. Brief profile on Industrial Policy for Productive Transformation

   28 May 2012

   Employment for social justice and a fair globalization

5. Brief profile on Labour Market Information and Trends

   25 May 2012

   Employment for social justice and a fair globalization

6. Brief profile on Labour Market Policies and Institutions

   25 May 2012

   Employment for social justice and a fair globalization

7. 

   Global Employment Trends for Youth 2012

   22 May 2012

   The study examines the continuing job crisis affecting young people in many parts of the world. It provides updated statistics on global and regional youth unemployment rates and presents ILO policy recommendations to curb the current trends.

8. Executive summary of the "Global Employment Trends for Youth 2012"

   17 May 2012

   The 2012 study examines the continuing job crisis affecting young people in many parts of the world. It provides updated statistics on global and regional youth unemployment rates and presents ILO policy recommendations to curb the current trends.

9. Global Employment Outlook, April 2012 projections

   27 April 2012

   The global jobs challenge has worsened since the beginning of 2012. New projections indicate that globally 202 million people will be seeking a job this year.

10. Social protection and minimum wages responses to the 2008 financial and economic crisis: Findings from the ILO/World Bank Inventory

    08 March 2012

    Employment Working Paper No. 113

11. Addressing the employment challenge: India's MGNREGA

    08 March 2012

    This paper examines, in particular, the effects of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) programme on employment, wages and incomes of the rural poor. It also considers its effect on overall growth of the economy.

12. ILO Estimates of the Economically Active Population 1990-2010 (Sixth Edition)

    01 March 2012

    Economic and Labour Market Paper, March 2012

13. 

    Global Employment Trends 2012: Preventing a deeper jobs crisis

    24 January 2012

    The annual Global Employment Trends report offers the latest global and regional information and projections on several indicators of the labour market, including employment, unemployment, working poverty and vulnerable employment. It also presents a number of policy considerations in light of the new challenges facing policy makers in the coming year.