All publications: Lesotho

Investor Guidelines for Responsible Business Conduct and Decent Work

Investor guidelines on responsible business conduct and decent work can help bridge the gap between host government expectations and investor practice. Investor guidelines are voluntary tools that clarify expectations and identify specific areas...

Research Brief

Investment facilitation for more and better jobs

This brief explores how foreign direct investment can support more and better jobs through productivity gains, technology transfer, skills development, enterprise linkages and responsible business conduct, while highlighting the key role of...

Understanding informality and child labour in sub-Saharan Africa

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

Book

Exploring decent work in the pharmaceutical industry: Job creation in the production of medical cannabis in Lesotho and Zimbabwe

Is medical cannabis really capable of making a difference for poor countries in terms of growth and job creation? This book seeks to determine whether medical cannabis can indeed create jobs and wealth, notably in comparison with tobacco, for which...

Maternity income protection in Southern and Eastern Africa. From concept to practice

This publication is part of a collaboration of the ILO with the Eastern and Central Africa Social Security Association (ECASSA) to encourage the move from employer liability systems to social insurance based systems and to provide universal and...

ILO tripartite technical workshop for the SADC region Investing in the health workforce: employment and decent work in the health sector -...

The ILO tripartite technical workshop was organized in collaboration with WHO and SADC and with the support of the ILO-OECD-WHO Working for Health Multi-Partner Trust Fund.

Lesotho - Country baselines under the ILO Declaration (2000-2017)

Better Work Lesotho, Better Work Nicaragua, Better Work Haiti - Final cluster evaluation summary

Evaluation consultants: Rafael Muñoz Sevilla, Carolina del Campo Vara

Social Protection Floors. Volume 1. Universal Schemes

The volumes on “Social Protection Floors” present best practices and experiences from countries that are useful for South-South learning, for practitioners and to provide the basis for more informed policy-making.

MDW Information Guide

Information Guide for Domestic Workers in Zimbabwe

As part of the GAP-MDW Zimbabwe/Lesotho-South Africa migration corridor project, this information guide has been created for domestic workers in Zimbabwe.

MDW Information Guide

Information Guide for Zimbabwe Migrant Domestic Workers in South Africa

As part of the GAP-MDW Zimbabwe/Lesotho-South Africa migration corridor project, partners have created an information guide for workers emigrating to South Africa.

Fact sheet

Improving working conditions and promoting competitiveness in global supply chains: The ILO/IFC Better Work Programme: Public-Private...

Better Work is an innovative partnership between the International Labour Organization, the International Finance Corporation, and as at December 2013, 22 buyer partners and 827 factories employing 966,762 women and men. The programme plays a...

Strategic HIV/AIDS Response in Enterprises (SHARE): Public-Private Partnership

The ILO’s Strategic HIV/AIDS Response in Enterprises (SHARE) taps into the resources of the public and private sectors for the benefit of workers, their families, and enterprises – not to mention national economies. SHARE’s principal objectives are...

Leaving No One Behind: Reaching Key Populations through workplace action on HIV and AIDS

This literature review was commissioned to contribute to the body of knowledge on reaching key populations with HIV services. It sought to demonstrate how the workplace and/or the workforce could be creatively used to increase access to HIV services...

Improving Working Conditions and Promoting Competitiveness in Global Supply Chains

The Better Work Programme is an innovative partnership between the ILO and the International Finance Corporation, and as at December 2013 included some 22 Buyer Partners and 827 factories employing 966,762 workers. The programme can play a...

The enabling environment for sustainable enterprises in Lesotho- Report

Better Work Lesotho (Midterm Evaluation Summary)

Project LES/09/01/USA - Evaluation consultant: Monika Zabel

ESS Paper Series (SECSOC) - ESS 35

The extension of social security and the social responsibility of multinational enterprises

An exploratory study on the relation between the extension of social security and corporate social responsibility of multinational enterprises.

ESS Paper Series (SECSOC)

Fiscal space and the extension of social protection. Lessons learnt from developing countries

This paper focuses on the analysis of experience in creating fiscal space for the extension of social protection. It presents the results of studies conducted in eight developing countries (Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Costa Rica, Lesotho, Namibia,...

Women's Entrepreneurship Development and Gender Equality (WEDGE) Regional Africa (Phase III) [NORAD Contribution] (Final Evaluation Summary)

Project RAF/08/57/NAD, also GLO/08/12/NAD - Evaluation Consultant: Mei Zegers