All publications: Guinea-Bissau
ILO WAEMU youth country briefs
ILO Working Paper 152
Compliance with Labour Regulations in West African Countries : A Multi-Dimensional and Dynamic Analysis
This paper examines compliance with labour regulations across West Africa, revealing widespread and persistent gaps between legal protections and workers’ actual conditions. It highlights the need to strengthen enforcement and promote decent work to...
ILO Working Paper 151
Do productivity gains translate into adequate wages? Firm-level evidence from Ethiopia (LIMMS, 2018–2020)
This study provides a comprehensive analysis of the relationship between firm productivity, wages, and employment dynamics in Ethiopia’s manufacturing sector between 2018 and 2020. Using firm-level data from the Large and Medium Manufacturing and...
Health sector investment impacts on employment and economic growth: A panel ARDL analysis in the West African Economic and Monetary Union...
South-South and Triangular Cooperation
CPLP-ILO Cooperation
The partnership between the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries (CPLP) is anchored in social justice, particularly Decent Work, and promotes tripartite dialogue along with South- South and...
Technical cooperation activities to Combat Child Labour in Portuguese Speaking Countries in Africa, Brazil and Timor-Leste (CPLP):...
In the framework of this programme, the Caixa Geral de Depósitos (CGD) agreed with ILO Lisbon to fund technical cooperation activities to combat child labour in CPLP countries in 2010. Its contribution was used to cofinance other IPEC-related...
The twin challenges of child labour and educational marginalisation in the ECOWAS region - An overview
As part of the efforts to address the present urgent situation, Governments and regional institutions have developed the ECOWAS Child Policy and the accompanying Strategic Plan of Action for the ECOWAS Child Policy, as well as the West Africa...
Study on capacity building
Building the Capacity of Relevant ECOWAS Units for the Elimination of Child Labour in West Africa
The objectives of the study is to understand the child labour situation in the ECOWAS region; analyze and estimate the capacity of the technical units of ECOWAS to work for the elimination of child Labour in the region and build the capacity of the...
Building the Case for Business Collaboration on Youth Employment: Good Practice from West Africa
This report, which examines eight case studies of intersectoral partnership on youth employment, illustrates the importance of collective action to build partnerships between public and private insitutions, harnessing each of their core capabilities...
Buinee-Bissau - Country baselines under the ILO Declaration Annual Review (2000-2008): Effective abolition of child labour (CL)
Buinee-Bissau - Country baselines under the ILO Declaration Annual Review (2000-2008): Freedom of association and the effective recognition...