All publications: Ghana

ILO Working Paper 165

Gridded-Labour Market Data in Ghana using Remote Sensing and Random Forest

This study proposes the first set of high-resolution maps of labor market data, based on disaggregating district-level statistics from the 2021 housing and population census of Ghana at a 0.005-degree resolution using remote sensing and machine...

Rapid assessment on access to labour justice for migrant workers in Ghana

This study examines how Ghanaian migrant workers can access labour justice to seek remedies for employment-related grievances, both in Ghana and in destination countries. Based on field research with institutions and returnee migrants, it maps...

Measuring change: Productivity ecosystems and decent work in practice

Survey results from 2022-24: Productivity, jobs, working conditions and policy in three pilot countries

ILO Working paper 145

The role of collective bargaining in promoting just transitions

This working paper explores the role of collective bargaining in achieving a just transition, drawing on recent literature and a sample of 512 collective agreements. An in-depth study of six country case studies from various regions highlights key...

A Research Study

Barriers to Effective Labour Mobility in the African Leather Industry

The study conducted by the ILO JLMP Priority in 2021 and published by JLMP Action in 2024 aims to identify and analyse the barriers to effective labour mobility within the African leather industry. This report assesses the challenges faced...

Ghana

Green Jobs Assessment Model Ghana

ILO Working paper 109

Working conditions of subnational government workers in selected African countries

This report provides a comprehensive evaluation of the institutional and labour relations regimes in six African countries: Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Morocco, Mozambique, and South Africa with a special emphasis on promoting decent working conditions...

Understanding informality and child labour in sub-Saharan Africa

This study examines the interrelationship of child labour and informality in 22 sub-Saharan countries.

Ghana

Sector systems analysis of textiles and clothing subsector in Ghana

SCORE Programme Brochure

Introduction to the ILO SCORE Programme: Supporting small and medium-sized enterprises to grow and create better jobs.

The ILO at Work in Africa

Success Africa VI: Sustaining the World of Work in the COVID-19 pandemic era

This edition contains 25 stories from 20 countries and two follow-up stories from the previous editions of Success Africa to show how the ILO applied its expertise and experience to promote social justice during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Occupational Standards

Harmonized minimum occupational standards for poultry farming

The following occupational standards were developed by tripartite technical committees in Ghana Nigeria and Togo with the support of the ILO during the period 2021–2022 as part of the SKILL-UP Project financed by the Norwegian Agency for Development...

Occupational Standards

Harmonized minimum occupational standards for plumbing

The following occupational standards were developed by tripartite technical committees in Ghana Nigeria and Togo with the support of the ILO during the period 2021–2022 as part of the SKILL-UP Project financed by the Norwegian Agency for Development...

Occupational standards

Harmonized minimum occupational standards for assistant masons and masons

The following occupational standards were developed by tripartite technical committees in Ghana Nigeria and Togo with the support of the ILO during the period 2021–2022 as part of the SKILL-UP Project financed by the Norwegian Agency for Development...

Africa

Comparative Study of Rapid Assessments of Reskilling and Upskilling Needs due to the Covid-19 Crisis

POST COVID 19

The Next Normal: The Changing Workplace in Ghana

To help understand key trends driven in the post Covid 19 pandemic period, the ILO Bureau for Employers' Organizations along with Ghana Employers' Consultative Association (NECA) commissioned an study. This report presents the findings of that study...

ILO Working paper 61

Key workers in Ghana during the COVID-19 pandemic

The study is an analysis of the experience of key workers in Ghana during the COVID-19 pandemic. It finds that although the pandemic reshaped the work environment, workers’ concerns regarding the future were not tied directly to concerns about...

ILO working paper 58

Diversity of practices in social dialogue in the public service in selected African countries

This report examines diversity practices and social dialogue in the public service across selected African countries. It explores approaches to promoting inclusion, equality and representation in public institutions, highlighting the role of social...

Skills Initiative for Africa Project

Ghana: Rapid assessment of reskilling and upskilling needs arising from the effects of the COVID-19

Rapid Market Assessment - Ghana

Taking a Systems Approach to Young Africa Works Ghana

A Rapid Market Assessment of Agricultural Value Chains and Decent Work for Young Women in Northern Ghana