Employment promotion

Recovering from the crisis - ILO tools and good practices

ILO good practices in action

• Rights at work in times of crisis: Trends at the country level in terms of compliance with international labour standards [pdf 315 KB] , David Tajgman, Catherine Saget, Natan Elkin and Eric Gravel, ILO, 14 November 2011
• Local economic development for employment generation, peace and security: approaches, tools, and good practices in the Philippines (pdf 2.83 MB)
  ILO, 2007
• Contractor’s Handbook for labour-based road works (pdf 1.81 MB)
  ILO, 2004
• Micro finance for self-employment in industrialized countries: good practice guide (pdf 276 KB)
  ILO, 2003
• A guide to worker displacement : some tools for reducing the impact on workers, communities and enterprises (pdf 412 KB)
  G. B. Hansen, ILO, 2002
• Organisation, negotiation and contracting in development programmes and projects : a study of current practice at the community level (pdf 3.1 MB)
  P. Oakley, ILO, 2001
• Community contracts in urban infrastructure works: Practical lessons from experience (pdf 19 MB) • French (pdf 3 MB)
  J. Tournée, W. van Esch, ILO, 2001
• Decent working conditions in labour-based programmes : a hands-on development strategy (pdf 1 MB) • Spanish (pdf 829 KB)
  ILO, 2000
• The urban material source book : a guide for community-managed and labour-based upgrading of urban low-income settlements (pdf 113 KB)
  G. Simba, J. Fransen, ILO, 2000
• Employment-intensive infrastructure programmes: Capacity building for contracting in the construction sector (pdf 2.87 MB) • French (pdf 7 MB) • Spanish (pdf 64 MB)
  P. Bentall, A. Beusch, J. de Veen, ILO, 1999

Policy recommendations

• Spain: Quality jobs for a new economy [pdf 2.13 MB], ILO, June 2011
   •  See also: New ILO study on Spain urges job-centred policies to consolidate a fragile recovery
• Growth, Employment and Decent Work in the Least Developed Countries [pdf 2.18 MB], ILO, March 2011
• Investments in Infrastructure – an effective tool to create decent jobs (pdf 150 KB)
  ILO, Global Jobs Pact Policy Brief, No. 1, 2010
• Innovations in Public Employment Programmes (pdf 149 KB)
  ILO, Global Jobs Pact Policy Brief, No. 2, 2010
• Work Sharing: Working Time Adjustments as a Job Preservation Strategy (pdf 155 KB)
  ILO, Global Jobs Pact Policy Brief, No. 18, 2010
• Strategies to Limit or Avoid Job Losses in Enterprises (pdf 147 KB)
  ILO, Global Jobs Pact Policy Briefs, No. 7, 2010
• Setting an Employment Target: Some Considerations (pdf 159 KB)
  ILO, Global Jobs Pact Policy Brief, No. 4, 2010
• The Role of Employment Services in Supporting the Labour Market (pdf 147 KB)
  ILO, Global Jobs Pact Policy Brief, No. 5, 2010
• Nurturing the growth of small enterprises : a brief overview to policies, laws and regulations that maximise small enterprise development and employment growth (pdf 468 KB)
  S. White, ILO, 2001
• Good labour policies and practices in employment intensive programmes : quick overviews from the guide : Employment-intensive infrastructure programmes : labour policies and practices (pdf 14 MB) • French (pdf 2.3 MB) • Spanish (pdf 3.8 MB)
  ILO, 2000

Employment intensive programmes

• ASISTDOC: The ILO's Employment Intensive Investment Programme database on labour-based technologies and local level planning
  • French • Spanish
  ILO

Local economic development

• Republic of Congo - Employment and growth study : from jobless to inclusive growth [pdf 4.28 MB] , World Bank, January 2012
• The Impact of Public Credit Programs on Brazilian Firms [pdf 338 KB] , Inter-American Development Bank , January 2012
• A tale of three countries: recovery after banking crises, Iceland, Ireland and Latvia [pdf 607.6 KB] , Bruegel Policy Contribution 2011/19, Zsolt Darvas, Bruegel, December 2011
• Innovation policy and employment: evidence from an impact evaluation in Argentina [pdf 461.18 KB KB] , Victoria Castillo, Alessandro Maffioli, Rodolfo Stucchi, Inter-American Development Bank, December 2011
• Improving labor market through higher education reform project in Mongolia [pdf 474.75 KB], Social Protection Project Briefs, Asian Development Bank, December 2011
• On the edge of uncertainty: poverty reduction in Latin America and the Caribbean during the great recession and beyond [pdf 1.19 MB], World Bank, 19 December 2011
• Kenya: Do vouchers for job training programs help? [pdf 0.28 MB] , World Bank, November 2011
• Entrevista con el representante del gobierno salvadoreño Alexander Segovia sobre un Pacto para el Empleo en El Salvador, ILO, 21 May 2010 (video)

Employment promotion in times of crisis

• The Impact of the crisis on wages in South-East Europe [pdf 1890 KB] , ILO, 31 January 2012
• Including jobs in benefit-cost analysis [pdf 340.71 KB] , Timothy Bartik, Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, January 2012
• Giving up job search during a recession: The impact of the global financial crisis on the South African labour market [pdf 353.67 KB] , Sher Veric, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), November 2011
• Economic Brief: Tackling youth unemployment in the Maghreb [pdf 339 KB] , African Development Bank, 23 November 2011
• Spain: Quality jobs for a new economy [pdf 2.13 MB], ILO, June 2011
   •  See also: New ILO study on Spain urges job-centred policies to consolidate a fragile recovery
• The global crisis: Causes, responses and challenges [pdf 3.33 MB]. ILO, June 2011
• Studies on Growth With Equity - Making recovery sustainable: Lessons from country innovations [pdf 701 KB]
  ILO, 21 March 2011
• Financing job creation – why access to finance is key and what policy can and cannot do [pdf 147 KB], ILO, Global Jobs Pact Policy Brief, No. 12, 17 November 2010
• Coherent Trade and Employment Policies in the Global Crisis [pdf 147 KB]
  ILO, Global Jobs Pact Policy Brief, No. 13, 17 November 2010
• Mitigating a Jobs Crisis: Innovations in Public Employment Programmes (IPEP) , Maikel Lieuw-Kie-Song and Kate Philip, ILO, Employment Report No.6, July 2010
• Employment and social protection policies from crisis to recovery and beyond: A review of experience [pdf 819 KB], ILO, April 2010
• Public Employment Services responses to the global economic crisis (pdf 184 KB), EMP/SKILLS, ILO, 13 November 2009
  • Français (pdf 181 KB) •  Español (pdf 185 KB)
• Labour market policies and poverty reduction strategies in recovery from the Asian crisis (pdf 2.4 MB)
  ILO, 2002
• ILO generic crisis response modules - Module 2 : Financial and economic downturns(pdf 709.72 KB) • French (pdf 862.49 KB) • Spanish (pdf 677.22 KB)
  ILO, 2002
• The Asian Financial Crisis: The challenge of social policy (pdf 3 MB) • French (pdf 1.5 MB) • Spanish (pdf 1.5 MB)
  E. Lee, ILO, 1998

Other solutions

ILO Instruments

Employment and labour market policies

Job creation

Work reorganization