Publications
The ILO Country Office for the Philippines (CO-Manila) publishes a wide range of books, reports, working papers, training manuals, CD-ROMs, videos and flash movies. Some of these can be downloaded directly. Others can be requested or purchased in hard copy from the ILO Knowledge Centre in Manila or by email.
2003
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Decent work for all newsletter: Social protection - a core component of decent work
01 July 2003
Social protection is the main theme for this issue. It includes articles on decent work, social security, safety and health, working conditions, migration and HIV/AIDS.
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I-web: Improve your work environment and business for microentrepreneurs. Action manual (International edition)
27 June 2003
The training package was developed to address some of the issues in the context of a business training programme, with emphasis on those aspects of job quality that are directly related to productivity.
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Infrastructure for rural productivity enhancement sector
13 February 2003
The INFRES Project covers 41 provinces and 779 municipalities and cities, and is implemented in nine regions in the Philippines.
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Training for rural economic empowerment (TREE): Some success stories
01 January 2003
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Expanding economic opportunities and income security through workforce education, skills training, employment creation and local economic development in Pakistan and the Philippines
01 January 2003
The Project is designed to introduce economic dynamism primarily to poor and marginalized communities in (initially) the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). The Project is targeting the working poor, among them are women, differently abled persons, and youth (14 to 18 years old or entrants to the labour force.
2002
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An in-depth study for a time-bound programme targeting child domestic workers in the Philippines
10 December 2002
A child domestic worker (CDW) is defined as a child working in an employer's household with or without wage. CDWs perform such domestic chores as washing dishes, cooking, cleaning the house and looking after young children and any other household related activities.
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Philippines: good practices for the protection of Filipino women migrant workers in vulnerable jobs
01 December 2002
Focuses on the situation of the women migrant workers in their families, workplaces, communities and societies in sending and receiving countries and also on the initiatives, policies and programmes, “good” and “bad” practices implemented by government, private recruitment and employment agencies and a wide range of social actors to assist and protect women migrants against exploitation and abuse and to prevent them from being trafficked.
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ORT health plus scheme in the Province of La Union, Philippines: A case study of a community-based health micro-insurance scheme
29 November 2002
This case study documents one initiative. The experiences of the past seven years of the ORT health plus scheme in the province of La Union in Northern Philippines is a rich source of lessons and best practices that can be used to help refine and replicate this effort to similar communities all over the Philippines.
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The Philippine time-bound programme: Child labour sugpuin! Ngayon Din!
20 November 2002
The Time-Bound Programme (TBP) is an improved modality designed to assist countries to eliminate the worst forms of child labour within the shortest possible time frame. It aims to assist countries in developing policies, programmes and projects that have a demonstrable impact on the worst forms of child labour.
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Adaptation of an official definition on the informal sector
06 November 2002
National Statistical Coordination Board Resolution No. 15 Series of 2002
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Eliminating child labour in the Philippines
30 October 2002
The ILO reports an increased commitment among governments and other social partners to take comprehensive action against child labour. As a first line of reasoning, it may be said that the elimination of child labour appeals to one’s sense of right and wrong.
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In-depth study on the situation of child labour in prostitution
27 September 2002
This study was based on two theoretical underpinnings, the Push-pull factors and the Symbolic Interactionism. The PUSHPULL factors is a migration theory that suggests that circumstances at the place of origin (such as poverty and unemployment) repel or push people out of that place to other places that exert a positive attraction or pull (such as a high standard of living or job opportunities).
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Power from the mountains: Indigenous knowledge systems and practices in ancestral domain management
30 July 2002
The case study of the Kankanaey-Bago experience in protecting and managing their ancestral domain can serve both the people of Bakun and other indigenous peoples and advocates of indigenous peoples' rights.
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An assessment of education and the worst forms of child labour: How do education policies and programmes work (or not work) for children?
15 July 2002
The general objective of the study was to analyze the linkage between education and child labour, especially those engaged in the worst forms of labour.
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Children of the kubkub fishery
25 June 2002
The problem of child labour in the fishing sector has caught public attention for decades now. It was first highlighted in the mid-1980’s with the national tri-media’s exposure of muro-ami fishing, a form of commercial fishing which was heavily criticized for utilizing child labor and for causing destruction to the marine environment.
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The community microfinance accounting guidebook: Taking action against child labour in the Philippines
20 June 2002
The guidebook was designed considering an assumption: an "alternate group lending scheme" was adopted by the participating money flow indexes (MFIs), wherein members are individually and independently accountable for their outstanding loans with the MFI and were not bound to guarantee co-members past due loans.
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Action programme for decent work: Philippines 2001-2004
13 May 2002
The Philippines, with the encouragement of government and workers' and employers' organizations, was one of the first countries to participate in a pilot programme on decent work. The three year action programme pursued the objective of supporting national efforts to reduce poverty through the implementation of policies and programmes that promotes full, decent and productive employment of Filipino workers.
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Cursorial assessment report towards a time-bound national action on child domestic workers in the Philippines
08 May 2002
While child domestic work may not always be hazardous, anecdotal evidence show that there are instances when they suffer grievous work conditions adults would not stand for.
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The community microfinance operations guidebook: Taking action against child labour in the Philippines
26 April 2002
An operational guidebook is a compilation of all the policies, operational procedures and decisions that must be taken by the policy makers to operate the institution viably and sustainability.
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An in-depth study on the situation of child labour in the agricultural sector
29 March 2002
This report presents the findings on the situation of the child workers (5-17 years old) in the agricultural sector, specifically covering four industries, namely: (a) sugar; (b) rubber; (c) banana; and (d) pineapple.