Publications

2018

  1. Guidelines for use and adaptation of the ILO’s training tool Think.COOP

    26 January 2018

    Adding to the body of existing tools and training material on cooperative development, ILO now launches Think.Coop, a new training tool for those interested in cooperation and its benefits for improving businesses of potential members.

  2. Statistics on Cooperatives Country in Focus: Republic of Korea

    25 January 2018

    Countries in Focus on Statistics of Cooperatives is a series produced by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Committee for the Promotion and Advancement of Cooperatives (COPAC) as part of a larger initiative to increase understanding of the ways in which countries around the world are producing and using statistics on cooperatives. Currently reliable and comparable statistics on cooperatives are missing in most countries of the world. These statistics are essential to measure the impact of cooperatives on their members and the economy as a whole.

  3. Responsible Winter Tourism in Kyrgyzstan

    08 January 2018

    Examining the Winter Tourism value chain to generate productive employment in Kyrgyzstan

  4. Social Finance Working Paper #71: The social dimensions of development finance in Asia and the Pacific

    08 January 2018

    Results of a survey among ADFIAP members

  5. Impact Insurance Working Paper #50: Unlocking Smallholder Credit

    01 January 2018

    This paper reviews possibilities for, and experience with, credit-linked crop insurance, including different types of insurance and credit arrangements, ranging from insurance sold to individual farmers to meso insurance sold to financial service providers to cover losses suffered by farmer borrowers.

2017

  1. Policy Brief: Gender, labour and a just transition towards environmentally sustainable economies and societies for all

    20 December 2017

  2. Policy Brief: Indigenous People and Climate Change: From Victims to Change Agents through Decent Work

    20 December 2017

  3. Policy Brief: The role of fair and effective labour migration governance in regional climate adaptation

    20 December 2017

  4. Policy Brief: Green Works

    20 December 2017

  5. Policy Brief: Active Labour Market Policies

    20 December 2017

  6. Guyana on its way to high-value markets: finding export potential in the vegetable and fruit sector

    15 December 2017

    What does it take to export to high-value markets? The Ministry of Business in Guyana identified that export diversification should be bolstered such that the economy is not so dependent on volatile commodity prices. This report fills a research gap by focusing at the higher end of the value chain, examining in detail the challenges faced by actors associated with the processing and export of value added products from Guyana to high value international markets. It specifically focuses on three supporting systems: finance, market research and product development, and standards.

  7. Towards high-value markets: finding export potential in the vegetable and fruit sector

    15 December 2017

    Analysing vegetables and fruits value chains to uncover paths to export diversification in Guyana

  8. Statistics on Cooperatives Country in Focus: Turkey

    15 December 2017

    Countries in Focus on Statistics of Cooperatives is a series produced by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Committee for the Promotion and Advancement of Cooperatives (COPAC) as part of a larger initiative to increase understanding of the ways in which countries around the world are producing and using statistics on cooperatives. Currently reliable and comparable statistics on cooperatives are missing in most countries of the world. These statistics are essential to measure the impact of cooperatives on their members and the economy as a whole.

  9. Guyana on its way to high-value markets: finding export potential in the vegetable and fruit sector

    15 December 2017

    What does it take to export to high-value markets? The Ministry of Business in Guyana identified that export diversification should be bolstered such that the economy is not so dependent on volatile commodity prices. This report fills a research gap by focusing at the higher end of the value chain, examining in detail the challenges faced by actors associated with the processing and export of value added products from Guyana to high value international markets. It specifically focuses on three supporting systems: finance, market research and product development, and standards.

  10. How to measure and model social and employment outcomes of climate and sustainable development policies

    14 December 2017

    This training guidebook can be introduced into national teaching institutions that would serve as regional-hubs supported by ILO and GAIN trainers. Ideally, over time 2 Introduction institutions would formalize such training in national curricula or as an elective in a university programme. It could become an economics course or elective for bachelor- or masters-level students.

  11. Green Industrial Policy: concept, policies, country experiences

    13 December 2017

    The “Green Industrial Policy: Concept, Policies, Country Experiences” report illustrates how green industrial policy can be a driver for a green economy transformation and highlights the social, environmental and economic co-benefits of green industrial policy.

  12. SCORE Viet Nam: A case study from Tuong Van Furniture

    12 December 2017

  13. SCORE Viet Nam: A case study from Nguyen Thanh Co.

    12 December 2017

  14. SCORE Viet Nam: A case study from Lam Viet

    12 December 2017

  15. SCORE South Africa: A case study from Seagull Lodge

    12 December 2017