Publications

2009

1. Women Entrepreneurs’ Associations (WEA) Capacity Building Guide

   01 June 2009

   WED Fact Sheet 7

2. Improve Your Exhibiting Skills (IYES)

   01 June 2009

   WED Fact Sheet 6

3. Assessment Framework for Growth-Oriented Women Entrepreneurs (GOWEs)

   01 June 2009

   WED Fact Sheet 5

4. Service Quality Check for Supporting Female and Male Operated Small Enterprises(FAMOS) Check

   01 June 2009

   WED Fact Sheet 4

5. Gender and Entrepreneurship Together: GET Ahead for Women in Enterprise

   01 June 2009

   WED Fact Sheet 3

6. Women’s Entrepreneurship Development (WED) Capacity Building Guide

   01 June 2009

   WED Fact Sheet 2

7. Voluntary social initiatives in fresh fruit and vegetable value chains

   11 May 2009

   Employment Working Paper No. 23

8. 

   Helping companies to put decent work principles into practice

   01 May 2009

   The ILO Helpdesk is a free and confidential service that can help your company align its operations with international labour standards and the ILO approach to socially responsible labour practices.

9. ILO and Cooperatives - COOP NEWS No. 1, 2009 (Newsletter)

   01 April 2009

10. 

    The promotion of sustainable enterprises

    13 March 2009

    Promoting sustainable enterprises is about strengthening the institutions and governance systems which nurture enterprises. This volume provides detailed guidance on what constitutes a conducive environment for sustainable enterprises. Sustainable enterprises need sustainable societies. Business tends to thrive where societies thrive and vice versa.

11. Trade agreements and employment: Chile 1996-2003

    09 February 2009

    Employment Working Paper No. 21

12. 

    Cooperating out of poverty: The renaissance of the African cooperative movement

    02 February 2009

    This book offers an objective analysis of the state of affairs of the cooperative sector in Africa since the liberalization of the economy in the early 1990s.

13. The impact of codes and standards on investment flows to developing countries

    01 February 2009

    Employment Working Paper No. 25

14. 

    The ILO Summer Academy on Sustainable Enterprise Development, First edition

    12 January 2009

    The ILO’s strategy on promoting sustainable enterprises brings a unique tripartite approach, unlocking the potential of enterprises to meet the economic, social and environmental aspirations of entrepreneurs, workers and their communities.

15. Corporate Social Responsibility in the Chinese Textile Industry - Compendium of case studies with good practices

    01 January 2009

2008

1. 

   The labour Principles of the United Nations Global Compact – A Guide for Business

   16 December 2008

   As the first publication of the newly-established UN Global Compact Labour Working Group, this Guide aims at helping companies understand and apply the four labour principles into practice (UNGC principles 3-6). In a question and answer format, this Guide provides a brief description of each of the four Global Compact labour principles, and also provides practical guidance on what companies can do to respect, promote, and realise them. It also contains an inventory of key ILO resources that will help companies realise the labour principles.

2. 

   Women Entrepreneurs in Kenya

   01 December 2008

   Women Entrepreneurs in Kenya (A preliminary Report) & Factors affecting Women Entrepreneurs in Micro and Small Enterprises in Kenya (A Primary Research Report)

3. Count us in! : How to make sure that women with disabilities can participate effectively in mainstream women’s entrepreneurship development activities

   01 December 2008

   These guidelines, developed during a project funded by Irish Aid, are the first in a series of practical advice to be made available to ILO Employment Sector specialists and more broadly, with a view to making it possible for them to meet the goals of equal opportunity and treatment of disabled persons, to advance the ILO’s Decent Work Agenda and to contribute to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals.

4. Voices of women entrepreneurs in Zambia

   01 December 2008

   ILO EMP/SKILLS, ILO WEDGE and Irish Aid

5. Voices of women entrepreneurs in Uganda

   01 December 2008

   ILO EMP/SKILLS, ILO WEDGE and Irish Aid