Publications

2013

1. Strengthening the capacity of Workers' Organizations to effectively engage in employment policy-making

   19 April 2013

   A Concept Note - Technical Cooperation Project “Global tools and capacity-building for governments and social partners to formulate and implement national employment policies” - GLO/11/53/SID

2. Youth guarantees: a response to the youth employment crisis?

   04 April 2013

   Employment Policy Brief

3. The enabling environment for sustainable enterprises in Malawi

   01 April 2013

   Employment Sector - Employment Report No. 20

4. Resilience in a downturn: The power of financial cooperatives

   20 March 2013

   This report reviews the performance of financial cooperatives, looking in particular at the aftermath of the 2007-2008 crisis and the continuing long austerity period. It explains why financial cooperatives have proven to be more resilient pointing to the specificities of the cooperative model of enterprise.

5. 

   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.

6. The enabling environment for sustainable enterprises in Malawi

   28 February 2013

7. Implementing the G20 Seoul Development and Employment Commitments: An Assessment

   11 February 2013

   This study assesses how much the G20 members have implemented the development and employment commitments that were made at the G20 summit in Seoul on November 11-12, 2010, both in the first year following the summit and then in the months and years beyond. The study also synthesizes supporting case studies on India, Mexico and South Africa for deeper analysis.

8. Inclusion of People with Disabilities in Indonesia

   31 January 2013

   Fact Sheet

9. Inclusion of People with Disabilities in Zambia

   31 January 2013

   Fact Sheet

10. Inclusion of People with Disabilities in Viet Nam

    31 January 2013

    Fact Sheet

11. Inclusion of People with Disabilities in China

    31 January 2013

    Fact Sheet

12. Inclusion of People with Disabilities in Ethiopia

    31 January 2013

    Fact Sheet

13. How not to count the employed in developing countries

    29 January 2013

    Employment Working Paper No. 136

14. ILO and Cooperatives - ILO COOP NEWS No. 4, 2012

    28 January 2013

    This issue of the COOP News includes articles on: World Food Day 2012; ILO & International Year of Cooperatives 2012; Promoting cooperatives beyond; Financial cooperatives as efficient and profitable; ILO and ICA: Over a century of collaboration; ILO interacts with cooperatives in Asia-Pacific; Cooperative reform: Egypt, Turkey, Sri Lanka; Social enterprises in Europe 2020 Strategy; Social and solidarity economy udates; ILO COOP & ACTRAV call for papers; New ILO COOP information briefs; ILO COOP in the media.

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    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.

16. 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.

17. Republic of Korea: Development of National Employment Policies through Two Economic Crises

    07 January 2013

    The purpose of the study is to (i) document employment policies that the Republic of Korea implemented to cope with two economic crises (1997 and 2008); (ii) extract policy lessons which could be useful to other countries; and (iii) review the Republic of Korea’s experience from the standpoint of ILO Convention on Employment Policy and Promotion (C.122) which requires each member state to pursue an active employment policy as a major goal.

18. 

    Guide to the Millennium Development Goals Employment Indicators, second edition

    03 January 2013

2012

1. Second national tripartite consultation on "Employment policy development for Cambodia with a focus on young women and men"

   19 December 2012

   18-19 December 2012, Inter-Continental Hotel, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

2. Up-scaling Local Economic Development: Lessons from the Ghana Decent Work Programme 2011

   18 December 2012

   This case study presents and analyses the lessons learned from the Local Economic Development (LED) component of the Ghana Decent Work Programme (GDWP), particularly with regard to up-scaling and replication. It shows that LED can have sustainable impact at local and national levels alike. In the context of increasing decentralization the LED component fostered social dialogue at local level through the establishment of district-level Sub-committees on Productive and Gainful Employment (SPGEs); strengthened local businesses; and promoted extension of social protection for workers in the informal economy, among other initiatives. The LED component placed significant emphasis on economic sectors with a high share of working women.