Books and reports

November 2011

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   Assessing Green Jobs Potential in Developing Countries: A Practitioner’s Guide

   21 November 2011

   The knowledge of how the transition to a sustainable, low-carbon economy will affect employment, especially underlying job movements, is vital to informing policy, yet there are few comparable studies for developing countries. As part of the ILO’s Global Green Jobs Programme, this guide provides practical solutions to help fill these information gaps.

January 2010

1. 

   Zanzibar. Social protection expenditure and performance review and social budget

   14 January 2010

   Zanzibar's lack of social protection has left it vulnerable during the current financial crisis and economic downturn, and basic social services are urgently required. The ILO-DFID funded project sets out the current situation of existing social transfers within Zanzibar's social protection system.

February 2009

1. 

   Tanzania Mainland. Social protection expenditure and performance review and social budget

   18 February 2009

   This report takes into account demographic and macroeconomic information specific to mainland Tanzania and makes projections from a baseline year based on the two types of social protection schemes - contributory and non-contributory.

2. 

   Zambia. Social protection expenditure and performance review and social budget

   12 February 2009

   This report, a review of the output of the first year's work of the project, examines the objective of extending social protection coverage in the country.

June 2008

1. 

   Skills, productivity and employment growth. The case of Latin America

   24 June 2008

   The aim of this study is to illustrate the relations between training and workers' skills, productivity and the growth of quality employment in societies in Latin America by means of an analysis of the existing information and case studies of four different countries (Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Peru). A review of the activities of ...

June 2002

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   Measuring the non-observed economy. A handbook

   11 June 2002