All publications: Sri Lanka
The Enter-Growth project – Sri Lanka: Applying a market development lens to an ILO local enterprise development project
Employment Sector - Employment Report No. 11
Fact Sheet on Green Jobs in Sri Lanka
Brief information regarding green jobs globally and in Sri Lanka
Youth employment
Promotion of decent work for plantation and rural youth in Sri Lanka
The project contributes to poverty reduction by helping rural youth enter the labour market. By developing the capacity of local staff and institutions, it also improves labour market and employment services. In addition, it works closely with...
Sri Lanka’s working poor
This paper presents a profile of Sri Lanka's working poor in terms of stock and characteristics; attributes associated with the probability of being working poor, and the reasons why the employed poor earn too little to overcome poverty.
Promoting employment-intensive growth in Sri Lanka: policy analysis of the manufacturing and service sectors
This paper examines the employment effect of growth in manufacturing sector industries in Sri Lanka covering a period of 17 years from 1990.
Mainstreaming child labour issues in key development policies and programmes
Sri Lanka: Report on a preliminary review. This Report is based on a review of selected policies in Sri Lanka, done by Centre for Poverty (CEPA), under an ILO-IPEC initiative. The exercise was undertaken with a view to advocating for mainstreaming...
Sri Lanka's Roadmap 2016 on the Worst Forms of Child Labour. From Commitment to Action
This publication has been elaborated by the Ministry of Labour Relations and Productivity Promotion Government of Sri Lanka
International Migration Papers No. 107
International migration and employment in the post-reforms economy of Sri Lanka
In this paper on International migration and employment in the post-reforms economy of Sri Lanka, Mr. Piyasiri Wickramasekara, Senior Migration Specialist, International Migration Programme of the ILO, reviews the impact of market oriented economic...
Country Paper of Sri Lanka
The country paper on skills training and development in the workplace prepared by the Government of Sri Lanka in collaboration with social partners for the ILO SKILLS-AP/Japan regional technical workshop and study programme on skills training in the...
The current status and evolution of industrial relations in Sri Lanka
A discussion paper on evolution of industrial relations in Sri Lanka.
Evaluation of Capacity Building for Employment Services and Jobsnet(CABNET)-ILO Accelerated Employment Services Project (AES) (Final...
Project SRL/05/05/SID - Evaluation Team: K.A.L. Premaratne, E. Annalingam and Prof. K. Thadchanamoorthy
Labour and social trends in Sri Lanka 2009
Presents an overview of major trends in labour and social conditions in Sri Lanka, while also drawing attention to key policy challenges posed by these trends. The report looks ahead to 2020 with informed projections, likely scenarios and policy...
Labour relations
The current status and evolution of industrial relations in Sri Lanka
Focuses on the status and evolution of industrial relations in Sri Lanka including legal framework, actors in the industrial relations system, collective bargaining, disputes settlement, tripartism and social dialogue.
Background note on the Tripartite Meeting: Negotiation for Decent Work in the Age of Globalization in South Asia and China
Rapid assessment of the impact of the global economic crisis on employment and industrial relations in Sri Lanka
Provides an initial and rapid stock taking of the impact of the global economic downturn on employment in Sri Lanka around six to eight months into the crisis.
Skills development for economic empowerment and the creation of livelihoods after the Tsunami (Final Evaluation Summary)
Project SRL/05/08/BEL - Evaluation Team: K.A.L. Premaratne, Mark Anthony Warnakula and Prof. K. Thadchanamoorthy
National Framework Proposal on Reintegration of Ex-Combatants into Civilian Life in Sri Lanka
South and South-East Asia Conference on Local Economic Development
Knowledge sharing and the way forward - Conference Report - 16/17 June 2009
National Labour Migration Policy for Sri Lanka Launched
The ILO International Migration Branch, Geneva, and the ILO Office for Sri Lanka, Colombo, provided technical support to the tripartite plus consultative process for the formulation of the National Labour Migration Policy for Sri Lanka. The Policy...
ILO 90: The International Labour Organization and Sri Lanka
Highlights a number of outstanding landmarks in the history of the ILO and its relationship with Sri Lanka.