All publications: Zambia
ACI 2: Jobs and skills for youth -Thematic funding for 2014-15 (SIDA-ILO Partnership Programme 2014-17) - (Final Evaluation Summary)
Project: GLO/14/72/SID - Evaluation Consultant: Rafael Muñoz Sevilla
Outcome 14: Promoting the Right to Freedom of Association and the Right to Collective Bargaining (Final Evaluation Summary)
Project: GLO/14/66/SID - Evaluation Consultant: Sandy Wark
Social Protection
Practical Options for the Extension of Social Protection Coverage in Zambia: Small Scale Farmers
The study explores the possible strategies to expand Social Protection to small scale farmers as well as the requirements for SHI scheme design adjustments to fit the income patterns and employment arrangements which prevail in the sector. The...
Social Protection
Practical Options for the Extension of Social Protection Coverage in Zambia: Casual Saw Mill Workers
The study focuses on reviewing the nature and extent of social security benefits provided by legislation to casual workers in the saw milling industry, understanding their patterns of income and specific employment arrangements and exploring...
Social Protection
Assessment of Malawi’s Proposed Unified Beneficiary Registry and Information Management Systems for Social Protection in Malawi
This report discusses the type, strengths, and weaknesses of Malawi’s Social Protection information management systems and provides recommendations on how to improve them. In addition, the report presents international evidence on various modes of...
Social Protection
Practical Options for the Extension of Social Protection Coverage in Zambia: Domestic Workers
This report provides an overview of the nature and extent of social security benefits for domestic workers in Zambia and explores perception of benefits and willingness to contribute from both domestic workers and employers’ perspectives.
Social Protection
Extension of Social Protection to Workers in the Informal Economy in Zambia
The summary report proposes strategic options to extend social protection to workers in the informal economy in Zambia.It summarizes the lessons learnt across four field research studies on domestic workers, small scale farmers, saw mill workers and...
Social Cash Transfer
Discussion Note on Targeting in Malawi and Implicating for the Future of the Social Cash Transfer
Given the widespread poverty and vulnerability levels economic targeting of social assistance programmes is deemed to be largely ineffective in Malawi. This discussion note suggests that moving from strict targeting of ultra-poor households towards...
Social Protection
MORE THAN BUSINESS ALONE: Extending and Promoting Social Protection amongst MSMEs and Informal Workers in Zambia’s Building Construction...
The social protection component of the Zambia Green Jobs Programme aims to strengthening a social protection floor for vulnerable workers and families in the construction sector. This report is a brief outlining the approach methodology, and results...
Women with Disabilities
Focus on : Disabled Women Entrepreneurs in Zambia
Women experience higher rates of poverty than men due to, among other factors, a lack of access to or limited opportunities for training.
Employers have strong, independent and representative organization (Outcome 9 - 2016) - Final evaluation (Final Evaluation Summary)
Project: GLO/14/59/NOR, GLO/14/73/SID, and RAS/14/58/NOR - Evaluation Consultant: David Irwin
W4Y Zambia country summary
Inclusive growth and productive employment in Zambia
EMPLOYMENT Working Paper No. 179
UN Green Jobs Programme: Enhancing competitiveness and sustainable business among MMEs in the building construction industry (phase II) ...
Project ZAM/13/01/FIN - Evaluation consultants: Ngonidzaishe Marimo (Team Leader) & Griffin Nyirongo (Local Consultant)
Enhancing Zambian SMEs' competitiveness and access to finance: Public-Private Partnership
The African Management Services Company (AMSCO) helps African companies to become globally competitive, profitable and sustainable – it provides selected private companies and commercially operated public enterprises with professional management and...
Reducing the worst forms of child labour in tobacco-growing communities in Brazil, Malawi and Zambia: Public-Private Partnership
The ILO and Japan Tobacco International (JTI) have forged a partnership to achieve greater impact and have, together, established the Achieving Reduction of Child Labour in Supporting of Education (ARISE) programme. By addressing the identified...
Reducing HIV vulnerability in Zambia through economic empowerment: Public-Private Partnership
To create gainful employment as an avenue for economic empowerment and, eventually, to reduce vulnerability to HIV and AIDS, the ILO signed and ratified a Corridor Economic Empowerment Innovation Fund (CEEIF) grant with Cavmont Bank in Zambia,...
Reducing HIV Vulnerability in Zambia through economic empowerment
To create gainful employment as an avenue for economic empowerment and, eventually, to reduce vulnerability to HIV and AIDS, the International Labour Organization (ILO) signed and ratified a Corridor Economic Empowerment Innovation Fund (CEEIF)...
A programme to reduce WFCL in tobacco-growing communities in Zambia (ARISE I) (Final Evaluation Summary)
Project ZAM/12/55/JTI - Evaluation consultant: Jose Maria Alvarez (team-leader) and Stephen Chipala
Promoting Access to Micro-insurance for Financial Inclusion and Decent Work Country Evaluation Report: Zambia (Final Joint External...
Project INT/10/14/CDF - Evaluation consultants: Denis Garand, (Team Leader), Oscar Kitasoboka, Mark Akanko Achaw, Rob Gruijters