All publications: Côte d'Ivoire
ILO WAEMU youth country briefs
Making the invisible visible: Understanding and combating violence and harassment at work in three West African countries
New research in Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, and Senegal sheds light on the pervasive and profound effects of violence and harassment in the world of work – a universal phenomenon that spares no country – calling for inclusive, integrated and...
Just Transition Assessment Model for Côte d’Ivoire
This report examines how Côte d’Ivoire’s green policy choices, especially in renewable energy and sustainable agriculture, could affect employment, economic growth and greenhouse gas emissions. It provides evidence to help shape a just transition...
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...
ILO brief
Promising practices for fair recruitment in Côte d'Ivoire: Development of an international placement service by the Youth Employment Agency
Côte d’Ivoire's Youth Employment Agency (Agence nationale pour l’insertion et l’emploi des jeunes), with ILO support, has developed an international placement service to promote fair recruitment and labour migration.
Fact sheet
Côte d’Ivoire: Integrating and Extending Social Protection to Support a Just Transition
This fact sheet summarizes the main findings and recommendations of a feasibility study on the integration of social protection in support of the ecological transition in Côte d'Ivoire, conducted in 2024 by the ILO, as well as implications for...
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...
Small area estimation of child labour prevalence in Côte d’Ivoire
This report presents methods for estimating local level prevalence of child labour in Côte d'Ivoire. The aim of the study was to create a suitable model to estimate, at the lowest level possible, the prevalence of child labour in a way that allows...
Insights into ILO Formalize Your Business in Côte d'Ivoire, The Gambia and Senegal
Key learnings from trainers and entrepreneurs
Financial education for farmers and rural workers in Côte d’Ivoire – Trainee's booklet (in French)
This booklet, available in French, is mainly intended for rural workers in Côte d’Ivoire who wish to improve their financial management. It presents basic tools related to income, expenses, budgeting, and the use of financial services such as...
Communique
First Africa Labour Migration Conference
This communiqué captures the shared positions, commitments and priority actions agreed by governments, employers’ and workers’ organizations to strengthen decent work, social dialogue and inclusive development in Africa.
Health sector investment impacts on employment and economic growth: A panel ARDL analysis in the West African Economic and Monetary Union...
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.
Employment impact assessment of the Ecler Ivoire project in Cote d’Ivoire
This report aims to assess the impact of the Ecler Ivoire project on the creation of direct, indirect and induced employment as well as whether the jobs created are decent.
Strategic Compliance Planning in action, Stories of Change
The stories chronicle practical uses of the ILO’s Strategic Compliance Planning (SCP) methodology to help labour inspectorates achieve measurable improvements in labour law compliance for over 500,000 workers across 12 Member States.
Social Finance Brief: Responsible finance in the cocoa supply chain in Côte d’Ivoire
This brief assesses the responsibility of financial sector actors in eliminating child labour in the cocoa supply chain in Côte d’Ivoire. This includes current practices in the sector and recommendations to use their leverage role in tackling child...
Stories of Change
Between 2020 and 2021, nine countries actively engaged in the implementation of Strategic Compliance Plans across various economic sectors. These efforts resulted in a 39% increase in labour law compliance in targeted sectors and the improvement of...
Communication Strategies on Child Labour: From awareness raising to action
A desk review with preliminary design ideas for campaigns in Africa and Europe
Women migrant workers’ labour market situation in West Africa
This report provides an overview of the situation of women migrant workers in West Africa based on a review of laws, regulations, policies and exisiting data, with a special focus on Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, and Nigeria. It includes data on women...