All publications: Lao People's Democratic Republic

ESSA Project

How to extend social protection to workers in informal employment in the ASEAN region

This policy brief is based on the findings and recommendations of the report, Expansion of Social Protection to Workers in Informal Employment, from the International Labour Organization. The report outlines recent trends in informal employment as...

Labour migration

The future of work and migration

Thematic background paper for the 12th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour (AFML)

Women migrant workers

Mobile women and mobile phones: Women migrant workers’ use of information and communication technologies in ASEAN

The joint ILO-UN Women Safe and Fair Programme: Realizing women migrant workers’ rights and opportunities in the ASEAN region (part of the multi-year EU-UN Spotlight Initiative to Eliminate Violence Against Women and Girls) undertook a qualitative...

Fact sheet

Employment and environmental sustainability in ASEAN

The Employment and Environmental Sustainability Fact sheet for ASEAN is part of a series providing a baseline for key indicators of employment and environmental sustainability performance in 36 countries across Asia and the Pacific. These indicators...

Fact sheet

Employment and environmental sustainability in Lao People's Democratic Republic

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...

National Rural Employment Strategy in Lao PDR towards increasing opportunities for decent and productive employment in rural areas

At the request of the Government of Lao PDR, and aligning with the United Nations Development Action Framework (UNDAF) for Lao PDR (2012 – 2016) and the ILO Decent Work Country Programme for Lao PDR (2011 – 2016), the ILO has been working to develop...

Women migrant workers

Regional Planning Meeting for Promoting ASEAN Women Migrant Workers’ Rights through Organizing

The report centres women migrant workers' freedom of association and collective bargaining, identifies the challenges to their organizing, and puts forward recommendations to strengthen women migrant workers' leadership and participation in labour...

Women migrant workers

Changing Attitudes and Behaviour Towards Women Migrant Workers in ASEAN: Technical Regional Meeting

This report sets out key areas of learning from the meeting, analyses why communication can be an effective tool for changing attitudes and behaviours, and explores some tools and approaches used to enhance communication for behavioural change.

Digitalization to promote decent work for migrant workers in ASEAN

Thematic background paper for the 11th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour (AFML)

Migrant workers

Implementation of recommendations from the 3rd to 10th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour (AFML)

Progress review background paper for the 11th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour (AFML)

TRIANGLE in ASEAN Independent Mid-Term Evaluation (Cluster)

TRIANGLE in ASEAN: Independent Mid-Term Evaluation Summary

Fair recruitment initiative

General principles and operational guidelines for fair recruitment and definition of recruitment fees and related costs

This document brings together the ILO general principles and operational guidelines for fair recruitment (“principles and guidelines”) and the definition of recruitment fees and related costs.

Apprenticeships in Asia and the Pacific

Findings from the Regional Training Workshop on Quality Apprenticeships for Asia and the Pacific

Brochure on the ILO in Lao People's Democratic Republic

Highlights of ILO's activities and areas of work in Lao People's Democratic Republic.

Recommendations from the meeting

Recommendations on road freight transport safety

Lux Project

Support to the extension of Social Health Protection in South-East Asia Fact sheet

The project brief introduces the regional ILO-Luxembourg Project and offers a closer look at its country-specific interventions and expected outcomes.

Migrant workers & social protection

Social protection for migrant workers in ASEAN: Developments, challenges, and prospects

This report provides an overview of the developments, challenges, and prospects of social protection for migrant workers in ASEAN.

TRIANGLE in ASEAN

Monitoring and evaluation training manual for migrant worker resource centres

This manual provides tailored training materials to support effective monitoring and evaluation of activities at migrant worker resource centres.

Project brief

Project fact sheet: Establishing and enhancing an overall occupational safety and health framework in Myanmar and Lao PDR

The project fact sheet for Establishing and enhancing an overall occupational safety and health framework in Myanmar and Lao PDR outlines the objectives, strategy and components of this technical cooperation initiative.