Publications
The ILO Office in Nepal publishes a wide range of books, reports, working papers, training manuals relevant to Nepal. Some of these can be downloaded directly. Others can be requested in hard copy from the ILO Office in Nepal.
2021
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Fact sheet - Asia Regional Child Labour Programme (ARC)
31 January 2021
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Report on Employment Relationship Survey in The Brick Industry in Nepal
29 January 2021
The survey report is a joint initiative of the ILO, UNICEF and the Central Bureau of Statistics in Nepal. It contains key characteristics of employment relationship for producing bricks and covers the prevalence of forced labour, bonded labour and child labour as well as key contributing factors for them.
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Towards solid social protection floors? The role of non-contributory provision during the COVID-19 crisis and beyond
21 January 2021
The COVID-19 crisis has emphasized the importance of guaranteeing access to at least essential health care and to basic income security for all over the life cycle, as stipulated in the Social Protection Floors Recommendation, 2012 (No. 202).
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Working from home: From invisibility to decent work
13 January 2021
With the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, many in the world’s workforce have shifted to homeworking, thereby joining the hundreds of millions of workers who have already been working from home for decades.
2020
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Integrated Programme on Fair Recruitment (FAIR) Project fact sheet
31 December 2020
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Asia-Pacific Employment and Social Outlook 2020: Navigating the crisis towards a human-centred future of work
15 December 2020
The Asia-Pacific Employment and Social Outlook 2020 report pulls together the most recent statistics to generate an assessment of the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had so far on employment and labour markets in the most populous and dynamic region of the world. With economic growth in the Asia and Pacific region already weakening in 2019, the current crisis has hit economies, enterprises and workers in the region with a force that is reversing some of the limited gains made in pursuit of decent work and inclusive growth in the previous decade.
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The supply chain ripple effect: How COVID-19 is affecting garment workers and factories in Asia and the Pacific
21 October 2020
This research brief assesses the impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on workers and factories in garment supply chains in Asia and the Pacific, presenting evidence from the main garment-exporting countries of the region, summarizing policy responses and proposing ways forward.
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Fact sheet - Skills for Employment Programme (SEP)
15 October 2020
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Fact sheet - Strengthening Action against Violence and Harassment with Focus on Sexual Harassment in the World of Work in Nepal
15 October 2020
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ILO-FCDO Partnership programme on fair recruitment and decent work for women migrant workers in South Asia and the Middle East – Phase II - Project fact sheet
15 October 2020
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Enhancing Social Protection System: Towards Investments for Results in Nepal: Project fact sheet
15 October 2020
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The Protection We Want: Social Outlook for Asia and the Pacific
15 October 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for well-functioning social protection systems in the region as never before. A new UN report reveals that despite their rapid socioeconomic ascent, most countries in the Asia-Pacific region have weak social protection systems riddled with gaps.
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ILO Monitor: COVID-19 and the world of work. 6th edition
23 September 2020
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Brief on Financing gaps in social protection
17 September 2020
Global estimates and strategies for developing countries in light of the COVID-19 crisis and beyond
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Unemployment protection in the COVID-19 crisis. Country responses and policy considerations
04 September 2020
Income security is essential to mitigate the sudden and drastic impacts on employment of the lockdowns imposed to slow the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Extending social protection to informal workers in the COVID-19 crisis. Country responses and policy considerations
04 September 2020
The COVID-19 crisis and its economic and social impacts are particularly harsh for workers in the informal economy and their families. Almost 1.6 billion informal workers are affected by the lockdown and containment measures and/or are working in the hardest-hit sectors.
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Policy brief on addressing vulnerability to forced labour in the garment, textile and footwear sector (in Nepali)
26 August 2020
The policy brief includes related facts and recommended laws, policies and practices drawing on the experience of the Programme.
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Policy brief on practices and regulations of recruitment to domestic work (in Nepali)
26 August 2020
The policy brief highlights common recruitment practices and regulations observed along recruitment pathways to domestic work in India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Jordan and Lebanon.
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Policy brief on common myths and facts about domestic work (in Nepali)
26 August 2020
The policy brief includes related facts and recommended laws, policies and practices drawing on the experience of the Programme.
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Policy brief on anti-trafficking laws, policies and practices (in Nepali)
26 August 2020
The brief includes related facts and recommended laws, policies and practices drawing on the experience of the Programme.