All publications: Sri Lanka
ADBI-OECD-ILO report
Labor migration in Asia: Changing profiles and processes
The report describes labour migration trends and policy needs in Asia after the lifting of strict entry and cross-border controls imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Policy Brief
Innovative approaches to reach youth entrepreneurship excellence
This policy brief incorporates the issues and recommendations brought forward by the policy dialogue on “Innovative Approaches to Reach Youth Entrepreneurship Excellence”, held in Colombo in June 2022. It provides insights on developing...
Policy Brief
Promotion of green entrepreneurship for youth
This policy brief summarizes the issues and recommendations raised at the policy dialogue on “Promotion of Green Entrepreneurship for Youth”, held in Colombo in December 2022. It provides insights on up scaling greenpreneurship, addressing...
Policy Brief
Technopreneurship: The digital path to business resilience
This policy brief incorporates issues and recommendations brough forward by the policy dialogue on “Technopreneurship": The Digital Path to Business Resilience, held in Colombo in September 2022. It provides insights on enhancing talent pool;...
Policy Brief
Role of financial and economic literacy in improving youth entrepreneurship
This Policy Brief incorporates the issues and recommendations raised the policy dialogue on “Role of Financial and Economic Literacy in Improving Youth Entrepreneurship”, held in Colombo in January 2023. It provides insights on financial education;...
Green jobs
Sri Lanka: 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 Sri Lanka, as well as...
Public services
Building a high quality public service in Sri Lanka through workplace reform
The public service is a major employer in Sri Lanka, engaging some 1.4 million people. This Report recommends fundamental changes to the status quo: a new approach to workplace relations; a new human resource capability; new structures, processes...
Informal economy
The working conditions of home-based workers in Sri Lanka: A literature review
Desk study to identify the nature and extent of home-based work in Sri Lanka, specifically with respect to workers in micro and small enterprises, in the lower tiers of national and global supply chains
ILO working paper 73
Social dialogue in the Public Services in South Asia
A comparative overview of the laws, institutions and practices in India, Nepal and Sri Lanka
The ILO’s LEED+ Approach
Strengthening women's economic empowerment and access to Decent Work in Sri Lanka's Northern province
At the core of women's economic empowerment is access and agency; while access to skills, resources, services, and market opportunities is one aspect of advancement, the other, agency is about the power of decision-making. This document provides a...
Concept Note: Three Country OSH Training Workshop for Plantation Sector and Introduction and Application of Training Methodologies
Social protection
Extending social health protection: Accelerating progress towards Universal Health Coverage in Asia and the Pacific
This regional report documents and analyses country experiences and lessons on the extension of social health protection coverage in the Asia and the Pacific region. It provides a detailed account of progress made, challenges encountered and...
Concept Note – Launch of the Regional Learning and Action Platform : A Knowledge Hub on Labour Migration in South Asia
Decent Work in Garment Supply Chains Asia
Opportunities for a Just Transition to environmental sustainability and COVID-19 recovery in the textile and garment sector in Asia
A Just Transition for the garment industry in Asia is critical as the sector seeks to recover from the impacts of COVID-19. This report examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the textile and garment sector, specifically the employment and...
Impact of COVID-19 on nexus between climate change and labour migration in selected South Asian countries: An exploratory study
Climate change has been identified as the single greatest risk for achieving the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development Goals. In South Asia, the world of work can be affected by various aspects of climate change including extreme heat, flooding or...
High-level independent evaluation of the ILO’s Decent Work Programme in Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Pakistan, 2018-21
The purpose of the evaluation is to determine how well the ILO’s programmes have achieved the Decent Work Agenda in the four selected South Asian countries during 2018-21. Given the surge of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the evaluation includes...
Quick Facts - High-level independent evaluation of the ILO’s Decent Work Programme in Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Pakistan, 2018-21
This short two-pager presents a visual set of quick facts that summarizes the findings and recommendations of the High-level independent evaluation of the ILO’s Decent Work Programme in Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Pakistan, 2018-21
Decent Work in Garment Supply Chains Asia
Greener clothes? Environmental initiatives and tools in the garment sector in Asia
The increasing social and environmental impacts of the textile and garment supply chain are well known and have resulted in the development of an array of initiatives, tools and assessment platforms to enhance the sustainability of the sector. There...
Reducing the footprint? How to assess carbon emissions in the garment sector in Asia
This report examines carbon emissions across the garment sector as counted using the two prominent methodologies for calculating emissions – the life cycle assessment (LCA) and carbon accounting in line with the Greenhouse Gas Protocol. The purpose...
Fair recruitment
Workforce and migration patterns of Sri Lanka’s tourism industry: Implications for growth of the sector
This report considers factors that drive workers from the Sri Lankan tourism industry to migrate overseas; seeks to understand the impact of labour turnover on the local industry; and identify the recruitment channels workers use to secure labour...