Kyloh, Robert (Mr.)

Contact information | 21 May 2007

Work Unit

INTEGRATION/POLICY COHERENCE GROUP

Name

Robert Kyloh

Title

Senior Economic Advisor

Phone

+41 22 799 6402

Fax

+41 22 799 8044

Email

kyloh@ilo.org

Educational and Professional Background

  • Bachelor of Economics, Flinders University, South Australia.
  • Post-Graduate Diploma in Economics, Australian National University, Canberra.

Current work interests

  • Policy coherence for decent work at national and international levels
  • The social floor
  • Relationship between labour standards, labour law and economic outcomes
  • The employment relationship

Past work experience at international level

  • Head, Fair Globalisation Team, Policy Integration Department, ILO, Geneva, 2005- present.
  • Head, Policy Unit, Bureau for Workers Activities, ILO, Geneva, 1995-2005.
  • Member of Technical Secretariat, World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalisation, Geneva, 2002-05.
  • Senior Expert on Social Dialogue, ILO Multidisciplinary Team for Central and Eastern Europe, (Budapest) 1992-1995.
  • Senior Economist, Employment and Development Department, ILO Geneva, 1987-1992.
  • Wages Policy Expert, Labour Law and Labour Relations Department, ILO, Geneva, 1985-1987.

Past work experience at national level

  • Head, Prices and Incomes Research Section, Department of Employment and Industrial Relations, Australian Government, Canberra, 1984-1985.
  • Senior Researcher, Wages Policy Department, Department of Employment and Industrial Relations, Australian Government, Canberra, 1979 -1984.
  • Research Economist, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australian Government, Canberra, 1979.
  • Graduate Researcher, Australian Institute of Labour Studies, Flinders University, South Australia, 1979.

Main publications (not including ILO reports)

  • “From Conflict to Cooperation: Labour Market Reforms that Can Work in Nepal,” International Labour Office, March 2008.
  • “Tackling the Dilemma of Disadvantaged Youth: Priorities and Policies for International Action,” Workers Education, 2004.
  • “Poverty and Reform in the Magical Kingdom: Nepal’s PRSP”, Workers Education, 2004
  • “Trade Unions Structures and Strategies to help Globalise Social Justice”, Background report on the international trade union movement and the global economy for the ICFTU Millennium Review, 2001.
  • “Trade Unions and the Global Economy: An Unfinished Story”, Workers Education, 2001.
  • “Mastering the Challenge of Globalisation”, International Labour Office, 1998.
  • “Tripartism on Trial : Tripartite Consultations and Negotiations in Central and Eastern Europe”, International Labour Office, 1995.
  • “Emergence of Industrial Relations” in The Ukrainian Challenge: Reforming Labour Market and Social Policy, Central European University Press, 1995.
  • “Economic and Social Dialogue in the Ostrava-Karvina Region”, International Labour Office, 1995.
  • “Tripartism as a Social Policy Instrument: The role of tripartite national councils in social policy design”, in Making Social Protection Work, Central European University Press, 1994.
  • “Restructuring at the National Level: Labour Led- Restructuring and Reform in Australia”, in Creating Economic Opportunities: The Role of Labour Standards in Industrial Restructuring, International Institute for Labour Studies, 1994.
  • “The Wage- Inflation- Unemployment Nexus: Recent Experience in Industrialised Market Economies”, International Labour Office, 1989.
  • “Flexibility and Structural Adjustment through Consensus: Some Lessons from Australia”, International Labour Review, 1988.
  • “The Impact of Institutional Arrangements on Youth Employment”, International Labour Office, 1987.
  • “Productivity Bargaining and Flexibility”, Australian Department of Employment and Industrial Relations, Canberra, 1985.
  • “Over- Award Payments and Wage Flexibility”, Australian Department of Employment and Industrial Relations, Canberra, 1985.
  • “The Influence of Coercive Comparisons on Collective Bargaining”, Australian Department of Employment and Industrial Relations, Canberra, 1984.
  • “The Economic Implications of Shorter Working Hours”, Australian Department of Employment and Industrial Relations, Canberra, 1983.
  • “The Economic and Industrial Relations Implications of Centralised and Decentralised Wage Fixing Systems”, Australian Department of Employment and Industrial Relations, Canberra 1983.