All publications: Afghanistan
Labour force participation
Afghanistan's labour market five years after the Taliban takeover: Trends, challenges and emerging risks
The ILO brief finds that five years after the Taliban takeover in August 2021, Afghanistan’s labour market is marked by profound structural changes characterized by widening gender disparities, increasing reliance on male employment, and the severe...
EIIP Project Brief
Women’s participation in employment and resilience-building: Experiences from the Employment-Intensive Investment Programme (EIIP) in...
Ex-post study
What remains after exit? Evidence of lasting change in northern Afghanistan’s carpet sector
Findings from a low-cost ex-post review
Guidance Note
Social Safeguards for Employment Intensive Approaches: Operationalising the Humanitarian, Development and Peace Nexus in Afghanistan
The guidance note was developed to promote coherence and provide practical direction on integrating social safeguards among agencies implementing employment-intensive initiatives and cash-for-work projects in Afghanistan. The document underscores...
Social protection
World social protection report 2024-26: Regional companion report for Asia and the Pacific
This Asia and the Pacific regional companion report complements the ILO’s World Social Protection Report 2024-26: Universal social protection for climate action and a just transition.
Livelihood Opportunities
Building inclusive markets for Afghan refugees and host communities in Pakistan
The study offers a comprehensive market systems analysis focused on three key sectors: construction, fruit and vegetable, and textile crafts. By examining these industries, the research highlights potential inclusive livelihood opportunities for...
Case flyer
The EIIP approach, experiences and lessons learned: Contributions to the humanitarian, development, and peace nexus in Afghanistan
This flyer illustrates how the Employment Intensive Investment Programme (EIIP) in Afghanistan, implemented since 2022 under the framework of the DWCP and the UN Joint Programme ABADEI, plays a key role in meeting both the humanitarian and...
ILO Brief
Employment in Afghanistan in 2022: A rapid impact assessment
This Brief is the second rapid employment assessment in Afghanistan following the change in administration in August 2021.
Green jobs
Afghanistan: The Employment - Environment - Climate Nexus: Employment and environmental sustainability factsheet
The Employment-Environment-Climate Nexus Factsheets are a series produced for countries in the Asia-Pacific region. This Factsheet provides key features of labour market and environmental sustainability performance in Afghanistan, as well as...
ILO Brief
Employment prospects in Afghanistan: A rapid impact assessment
A rapid assessment by the International Labour Organization highlights huge losses in jobs and working hours since the change in administration with women workers especially hard hit.
Fact sheet
International Labour Standards for Decent Work Project
Afghanistan Decent Work Country Programme outcome 3.3.
Brief
Doing more business and less aid: The journey of a market system development project in Afghanistan
Fact sheet
Employment and environmental sustainability in Afghanistan
The Employment and Environmental Sustainability Fact Sheets series provides key indicators of employment and environmental sustainability performance. They include: (i) employment in environmental sectors; (ii) skill levels; (iii) vulnerability of...
Evaluation of Road to Jobs, Afghanistan
Cotton sector market systems analysis report - Balkh abd Samangan provinces ; Afghanistan
Employment Scenario in Afghanistan from 2007-08 to 2013-14
This working paper examines the employment situation in Afghanistan from 2007 to 2014.
Afghanistan: National child labour legislation, policy and programme review
Road to Job project conducted a training on M4P approach for UN agencies, INGOs and BDS companies in Mazar-e-Sharif Balkh Province on 30th...
From 30th January to 1st February 2018, Road to Jobs project (R2J) conducted a M4P ap-proach introductory training in ILO office, UNA-MA Compound.
Market systems analysis for Afghan refugees in Pakistan
Traditional livelihoods development projects for refugees usually focus on providing direct assistance, skill development without considering the broader market systems that the refugees are part of. This broader market system includes the sectors...
Road to Jobs: Bringing decent work to rural households of the Northern Provinces in Afghanistan - Midterm evaluation summary
Evaluation consultants: Mr. Ashiq Muhammad Rehman (International) and Mr. Samandar Mahmodi (National