Publications

2013

1. 

   Global Employment Trends for Women 2012

   30 January 2013

   Part of the Global Employment Trends series, this publication delivers the most current information on emerging trends and key challenges facing women in labour markets around the world.

2. 

   Global Employment Trends 2013

   29 January 2013

   The annual Global Employment Trends (GET) reports provide the latest global and regional estimates of employment and unemployment, employment by sector, vulnerable employment, labour productivity and working poverty, while also analysing country-level issues and trends in the labour market.

2012

1. A cooperative future for people with disabilities

   04 December 2012

   This issue brief produced during the United Nations International Year of Cooperatives 2012 highlights how and why the cooperative form of enterprise can cater to the economic and social needs of persons with disabilities.

2. TVET Reform: Design an inclusive skills development program

   30 November 2012

   Bangladesh is the eighth most populous country in the world which presents an immense opportunity in terms of labour force. Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) is essential in ensuring the country’s competitiveness in the global labour market and ensuring decent work for all. The TVET Reform Project is an initiative of the Government of Bangladesh and implemented by the ILO.

3. Skills for green jobs in Mauritius

   25 September 2012

   Country study

4. Mapping and analysis of growth-oriented industrial sub-sectors and their skill requirements in Bangladesh

   13 September 2012

   Employment Sector - Employment Report No. 17

5. Skills for green jobs in Mauritius

   31 August 2012

   Country study

6. Brief profile on People with Disabilities

   25 May 2012

   Employment for social justice and a fair globalization

7. Brief profile on Employment Services

   25 May 2012

   Employment for social justice and a fair globalization

8. Brief profile on Skills and Employability

   25 May 2012

   Employment for social justice and a fair globalization

9. Preliminary assessment of training and retraining programmes implemented in response to the Great Recession

   21 May 2012

   Employment Working Paper No. 122

10. 

    Upgrading informal apprenticeship - A resource guide for Africa

    12 January 2012

2011

1. Ethiopia: Women with disabilities harness the power of entrepreneurship

   23 November 2011

   Despite the role of empowerment in improving the livelihoods of poor people, there is still a huge gap between the theory of empowerment and its practice. To help bridge this gap and provide guidance, this story describes real-life empowerment made possible by the ILO-Irish Aid Partnership Programme on disability which set out to provide and promote entrepreneurship training for disabled women in Ethiopia, in partnership with local organizations. It is part of a series of stories of empowerment produced by the Development Co-operation Directorate - Development Assistance Committee (DAC) Network on Poverty Reduction of the OECD.

2. Research Brief - Investment in renewable energy generates jobs. Supply of skilled workforce needs to catch up

   17 November 2011

   This research brief is a digest of the study "Skills and occupational needs in renewable energy". It addresses policy makers, social partners and practitioners.

3. Research Brief - Greening of the building sector is held back by skill shortages. Skills-led strategies can drive green building forward

   17 November 2011

   This research brief is a digest of the study "Skills and occupational needs in green building". It addresses policy makers, social partners and practitioners.

4. Research Brief - Anticipating skill needs for the low carbon economy? Difficult, but not impossible

   17 November 2011

   This research brief is a digest of the "Comparative analysis of methods of identificaiton of skill needs on the labour market in transition to the low carbon economy". It addresses policy makers, social partners and practitioners.

5. Promoting training and employment opportunities for people with intellectual disabilities: International experience

   10 November 2011

   Employment Working Paper No. 103

6. Disability in the workplace: Employers’ organizations and business networks

   09 November 2011

   This report presents 12 contemporary case studies of employers' organizations and business networks and their work around the issue of disability in the workplace.

7. Skills for Employment Policy Brief: Formulating a national policy on skills development

   09 November 2011

   Looks at why national skills policies matter, what can be achieved by developing a national skills policy, key policy principles and how these can be incorporated in national skills policies as well as the process for policy development and effective implementation of skills policies. Intended to encourage particular action on the part of the constituents, the brief draws on Human Resources Development Recommendation (No. 195) and tripartite agreements adopted at the International Labour Conference in 2008 on "Skills for improved productivity, employment growth and development". It also provides examples of successful experiences of national skills development strategies in some countries.

8. Skills for Employment Policy Brief: Increasing the employability of disadvantaged youth

   09 November 2011

   Young people are in a vulnerable state in the labour market, many of them lacking the skills, work experience, job-search abilities and financial resources to find employment. This brief looks at ways to improve the chances of young women and men already disadvantaged by their circumstances to enter or re-enter the labour market. It also draws from several key documents, chief among them: "Conclusions on promoting pathways to decent work for youth", International Labour Conference in 2005.