Regional activities

September 2007

1. National Policy Coherence Initiative: South Africa, Status Report

   28 September 2007

   A Study of the public works programme as a policy instrument to reduce poverty and unemployment in South Africa

2. Regional and Country Policy Coherence Report No. 6: National Seminar on Reducing Unemployment and Poverty – International Experiences and Proposals for the Expanded Public Works Programme – Phase II

   05 September 2007

3. Regional and Country Policy Coherence Report No. 1: Implementing the GPRGS in Vietnam through Decent Work

   05 September 2007

4. Regional and Country Policy Coherence Report No. 4: Employment, Decent Work and Poverty Reduction in Urban China

   05 September 2007

5. Report of High Level Tripartite Meeting on Policy Coherence for strengthening the Nexus of Growth, Investment and Decent Work for South Asian Subregion

   05 September 2007

   This meeting taps into the knowledge of ILO constituents, other multilateral institutions including the IFIs, the donor community and researchers on the policy linkages between growth, investment and employment to formulate a strategy for achieving employment-rich growth for the countries in the South Asian subregion

April 2007

1. Concept Note on Strengthening Policy Coherence: High-Level Tripartite Meeting on the Nexus of Growth, Investment and Decent Work for the South Asian Subregion

   03 April 2007

   This PCI meeting held in the South Asian sub-region, brought together policy makers (Governments); representatives from employers' and workers' organisations; multilateral institutions including IFIs; donor communities and researchers, for a technical discussion to identify the major constraints to achieving employment-rich growth in order to bring out the main policy issues facing the countries of this subregion.

2. High-Level Tripartite Meeting on the Nexus of Growth, Investment and Decent Work for South Asian Subregion

   03 April 2007

   The meeting tapped the knowledge of the ILO constituents, other multilateral institutions including the IFIs, the donor community and researchers by focusing on the policy mix, policy coherence and policy sequencing at national and subregional levels to strengthen growth, investment and employment linkages and to formulate a strategy for achieving employment-rich growth for countries in the South Asian subregion.

3. Participant List

   03 April 2007

4. Introduction to the report of High-Level Tripartite Meeting on Policy Coherence for strengthening the Nexus of Growth, Investment and Decent Work for South Asian Subregion

   03 April 2007

   This meeting was a part of the ILO’s Policy Coherence Initiative (PCI) to improve coherence by by focusing on the policy mix, policy coherence and policy sequencing at national and subregional levels to strengthen growth, investment and employment linkages and to formulate a strategy for achieving employment-rich growth for countries in the South Asian subregion.

January 2006

1. Beyond Employment/Unemployment Dichotomy: Measuring the Quality of Employment in Low Income Countries

   05 January 2006

   A discussion paper on how to better empirically capture the concept of job quality in order to inform development policies, particularly in the case of developing countries.