Publications

2019

  1. The enabling environment for sustainable enterprises in North Macedonia

    26 September 2019

  2. Improving SMEs’ Environmental Performance

    16 September 2019

    Improving SMEs’ Environmental Performance: Lessons Learned From the TPSA Project Initiative

  3. Success Stories from Enterprises in Ghana

    16 September 2019

    Case studies from the ILO Sustaining Competitive and Responsible Enterprises (SCORE) project

  4. Systemic Change: walking the talk?

    09 September 2019

  5. Systemic Change: walking the talk?

    09 September 2019

  6. Client insights

    02 September 2019

    When serving new market segments, many insurers are comfortable carrying out customer research. Where insurers often get stuck is putting those insights into practice. Organizations can shift their approaches and internal setups to make it easier to regularly act on client insights. This brief provides a range of strategies that can be used to do so – springboards towards a culture, structure and operations that are capable of responding to client needs.

  7. Business models for decent work

    29 August 2019

  8. Business models for decent work

    29 August 2019

  9. Business models for decent work

    27 August 2019

  10. Business models for decent work

    27 August 2019

  11. Supply chains and systemic change: the case of a mining multinational in Laos

    26 August 2019

  12. Experiences from Simples National, the monotax regime for own-account workers, micro and small entrepreneurs in Brazil (2019)

    20 August 2019

    This paper provides information on the monotax regime in Brazil. This regime, referred to as Simples National, was introduced with the aim to create jobs and reduce informality among enterprises and their workers. It provides a monotax as well as simplified procedures for own-account workers and micro and small enterprises (MSEs) on business registration, taxation, social security, financial inclusion and government procurement. It includes a special statute called ‘Individual Micro Entrepreneur’ (IME) and a simplified tax and social security regime for own-account workers and MSEs. The paper describes the nature, operation and modalities of the tax and social security components of the Simples National regime, outlines its evolution, describes formalisation trends, highlights its strengths and weaknesses, extracts lessons learned and identifies policy recommendations.

  13. Waste pickers’ cooperatives and social and solidarity economy organizations

    20 August 2019

    Waste pickers make significant contributions to public health, sanitation, and the environment by promoting resource circulation and reducing the amount of landfill. However, they are often not legally recognized as workers and suffer from poor working conditions and lack of social protection. This brief highlights the role of waste pickers' cooperatives and other social and solidarity economy organizations (SSEOs) in integrating and formalizing the work of waste pickers in the recycling value chain and improving their working conditions.

  14. Supply chains and systemic change: the case of a mining multinational in Laos

    19 August 2019

  15. Sowing the Seeds for Inclusive Growth in Myanmar’s Horticulture Sector

    12 August 2019

    A Comparative Analysis of the Ginger and Avocado Markets in Southern Shan State

  16. Cluster on trade and productive capacity, Myanmar

    12 August 2019

  17. SCORE Programme Brief

    31 July 2019

    Sustaining Competitive and Responsible Enterprises programme at a glance

  18. Annual Report 2018

    30 July 2019

    The Annual Report 2018 highlights the achievements of the Social Finance Programme over the past year.

  19. Transforming our world: A cooperative 2030 - Cooperative contributions to SDG 14

    26 July 2019

    This brief is part of the Transforming our world: A cooperative 2030 series produced by the Committee for the Promotion and Advancement of Cooperatives (COPAC). Through a series of 17 briefs, one for each Sustainable Development Goal (SDG), COPAC hopes to raise awareness about the significant contributions of cooperative enterprises towards achieving the 2030 Agenda in a sustainable, inclusive and responsible way, and encourage continued support for their efforts. This brief in the series focuses on This brief focuses on SDG 14 – Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development.

  20. Evaluation of Market Systems Development Interventions for Refugee and Host Communities in Jijiga, Ethiopia

    23 July 2019