All publications: Mexico
Social Protection Spotlight
Extending social protection to the cultural and creative sector
Workers in the cultural and creative sector often lack effective access to social protection.
ILO working paper 28
Social Protection in the Cultural and Creative Sector - Country Practices and Innovations
Promising practices for fair recruitment: Mexico - Fair recruitment practice by recruitment agency adapted to COVID-19
This promising practice is part of a series, and results from a stocktaking exercise undertaken five years after the launch of the Fair Recruitment Initiative (FRI).
Fair recruitment
Central American migrant women in Mexico: Informality in recruitment and employment
This brief summarizes the current state of recruitment practices for Central American migrant women, focusing on four key sectors including agriculture, domestic work, sex work and street vending, and focuses on migrants from Guatemala, Honduras and...
Improving occupational safety and health in the global coffee supply chain from Mexico: Drivers and constraints.
In Mexico, in the framework of a project on the coffee value chain financed by the VZF with funding from the European Commission, a study was conducted to identify the drivers and constraints relating to the improvement of OSH across that value...
Research Department Working Paper n°53
Gender inequality and old-age income security: The case of Mexico
Reflections on work. Perspectives from the Southern Cone of Latin America on the occasion of the ILO Centenary
The articles in this book explore many of the ILO’s core topics and how they have evolved over time. Some topics have persisted as concerns since the time of the ILO’s creation, whereas others – like just transition to environmental sustainability –...
Regional or country brief
Women in Business in Central America
Case studies from Costa Rica, El Salvador, Mexico (Chihuahua) and Panama show that women’s success as business owners and employers can be influenced by the size of their enterprise, the economic sectors in which they operate, their education and...
Report
Executive Summary - A qualitative study on stigma and discrimination experienced by indigenous peoples living with HIV or having TB at work
Indigenous peoples living with HIV or having TB face double discrimination. Being an LGBT indigenous person adds another layer to this. Barriers to accessing health services, denial of the right to work and discrimination in employment settings are...
Fair recruitment country brief: Guatemala to Mexico corridor
This brief provides an overview of fair recruitment challenges and opportunities, and priorities for action for the REFRAME project in Guatemala and Mexico
Measuring Curricula Mismatch for Food Processing and Tourism Sectors in Belize
A look at the degree to which labour demands are met by educational institutions
Employment in multinational enterprises in Mexico: Analysis of economic census
The objective of these studies is to stimulate a dialogue among national bodies —principally national statistics offices but also central banks, investment promotion agencies and other entities involved in collecting such data—to identify good...
Measurement of the employment and labour-related impacts of MNEs in Mexico: an analysis of two different methodologies
The objective of these studies is to stimulate a dialogue among national bodies—principally national statistics offices but also central banks, investment promotion agencies and other entities involved in collecting such data—to identify good...
Project leaflet
ILO/EU REFRAME Project
Global action to improve the recruitment framework of labour migration (REFRAME). Project brief description; it includes challenges, objectives, scope, and contribution to the ILO Fair Recruitment Initiative
Global Initiative on Decent Jobs for Youth
Case studies on youth employment in fragile situations
Under the aegis of the Global Initiative on Decent Jobs for Youth, this joint report by ILO, UNDP and UNHCR presents examples of good practices from around the world, showcasing innovative approaches to youth employment that help to build peace and...
The Future of Work We Want: The Voice of Youth and Different Perspectives from Latin America and the Caribbean. (ILO Americas 2017/7)
The report included in this publication is a first look at the perspectives and expectations of Latin American youth regarding the future of work. The report offers some conclusions based on the key results of both surveys, which we hope will...
Working Paper No. 1 / 2017
Cash transfer programmes, poverty reduction and women’s economic empowerment: Experience from Mexico
This working paper on cash transfers in Mexico presents the impact of a major national cash transfer programme on health, education, income, poverty, labour force participation, time use and bargaining power of women at the household and community...
Informal economy
Transition to the formal economy in Latin America and the Caribbean
Based on the recent developments that took place in the region, the main aim of this report is to depict the regional patterns in policies and outcomes and obtain lessons from them to enrich the discussion on better policies to handle the...
Analysis of the tourism market system in San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico
Exploring the tourism market system to strengthen SMEs competitiveness in the Chiapas region of Mexico
Analysis of the tourism market system in San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico - in Spanish
Exploring the tourism market system to strengthen SMEs competitiveness in the Chiapas region of Mexico