Publications

The ILO conducts a wide range of research covering issues in the constantly changing world of work. The areas covered include: Employment; Labour Issues and Labour Law; Child Labour; Social Protection; Occupational Safety and Health; Gender Issues and Women at Work; Management, Training and Labour Statistics. This material is published through a variety of mediums that include publications, reports, training manuals, CDs, videos and e-books.

• 2009

  • Gender, Employment, and the Informal Economy: Glossary of terms
    This glossary was prepared as a compendium to the publications from the regional initiative on “Gender Equality and Workers’ Rights in the Informal Economies of Arab States”, and complements the country case studies (Lebanon, Syria, West Bank and Gaza Strip, and Yemen), the regional overview, and policy briefs.
  • The impact of the financial and economic crisis On Arab states: considerations on employment and social protection policy responses
    The paper reviews the impact of the global financial and economic crisis on Arab states until early 2009 and offers a number of policy considerations on employment and social protection policies.
  • Informal employment in Arab States:A gender equality and workers’ rights perspective
    The regional initiative of the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Centre for Arab Women for Training and Research (CAWTAR) aims to bring the global knowledge and learning on employment in the informal economy into Arab States, and mainstream Arab States into the global discussion through evidence, data and analysis.
  • Reforming the Business Environment for Small Enterprises in Syria:Challenges and Recommendations
    This report is based upon research on assessing the small enterprise environment conducted in Syria from April to December 2007.

• 2008

  • Unprotected Employment in the West Bank and Gaza Strip: A Gender Equality and Workers’ Rights Perspective
    This paper examines informal employment in the West Bank and Gaza Strip (WBGS) and argues that the best way to convey the meaning and significance of informal employment in this context is to view it as unprotected or unacknowledged work.
  • Socio-Economic Characteristics of Displaced Palestinian Refugees from the Nahr El-Bared Refugee Camp
    This report provides statistics based primarily on a field survey of 999 Palestinian families displaced from the Nahr El-Bared refugee camp outside the city of Tripoli.
  • Training of Trainers' Workshop Report: Gender and Entrepreneurship Together Norhtern Iraq, Lebanon and West bank and Gaza Strip

• 2007

  • Jobs for Iraq: An employment and decent work strategy The employment and labour market situation in Iraq has remained extremely precarious. Data from different sources covering the period from 2004 to the end of 2006 suggests that as many as 1.3 to 2 of the 7 million-strong labour force were unemployed.