All publications: Tonga
Skills
Market and skills assessment of the construction sector in Tonga
The Government of the Kingdom of Tonga recognizes the construction sector as a strategic pillar of national development. Infrastructure investment, housing, and climate-resilient construction are essential not only for economic growth but also for...
Skills
Market and skills systems analysis of the (eco-)tourism and hospitality sector in Tonga
Tourism remains at the heart of Tonga’s economic aspirations, contributing significantly to employment, private sector expansion and national development. As a small island developing state, Tonga’s prosperity is closely linked to how effectively we...
The future of seafarers: Emerging challenges, opportunities and achieving decent work for seafarers in selected Pacific Island countries -...
This report offers an in-depth exploration of the realities facing seafarers in Fiji, Kiribati, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu. Through careful research and stakeholder input, the study highlights the structural, regulatory and social barriers that...
Social Protection
The future of social insurance in Viet Nam: Policy options and recommendations
Viet Nam is making bold progress toward universal social insurance, backed by strong policy reforms and expanding coverage. This report highlights strategic ILO recommendations to support the next phase of legal and structural transformation.
Research Report
Innovative approaches to formalization in Asia and the Pacific: Background report to ILO Asia and the Pacific Tripartite Regional Knowledge...
This report showcases a wide range of innovations that are taking place across Asia and the Pacific to tackle informality, ranging from state-of-the-art use of technology to facilitate formalization, to community-based approaches to protect workers...
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.
APESO
Asia-Pacific Employment and Social Outlook 2024: Promoting decent work and social justice to manage ageing societies
This Asia-Pacific Employment and Social Outlook 2024 report pulls together the most recent statistics to depict the state of the labour market and its impact on the 3.4 billion people living in the region. Beyond past trends, the report examines the...
Integrated approaches for formalization in Asia and the Pacific
This report highlights why the multi-faceted dimensions of informality demand an integrated approach to formalization, outlines the nature of an integrated approach to employment formalization, reviews the extent that countries in Asia and the...
ILO Brief
Pacific Employment and Social Monitor, April 2024: Towards resilient labour markets and better jobs
The report highlights how low-quality jobs are driving migration from smaller Pacific islands and calls for targeted policies for inclusive decent work.
Factsheet
Fact sheet: Pacific Climate Change Migration and Human Security (PCCMHS) Programme - Phase II
Green jobs
Tonga: 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 Tonga, as well as vulnerability...
Green jobs
Pacific Islands: The Employment - Environment - Climate Nexus: Employment and environmental sustainability factsheet
The Employment-Environment-Climate Nexus Factsheets are a series produced for countries in Asia-Pacific region. This Factsheet provides key features of labour market and environmental sustainability performance in Pacific Islands, as well as...
Policy brief
Climate Change and Labour Mobility in Pacific Island Countries
The Policy Brief provides an overview of labour mobility in the context of climate change, discusses the impact of labour mobility on climate change adaptation and makes recommendations for policy design, labour mobility programmes and research, and...
Domestic work
Making decent work a reality for domestic workers: Progress and prospects in Asia and the Pacific, ten years after the adoption of the...
In 2011, the international community adopted the ILO’s Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189), which recognized for the first time that domestic work is work and that domestic workers should enjoy the same labour protections as all other...
Collecting and using wage and productivity data: A guide for Pacific employer and business membership organizations
This guide, produced by the Bureau for Employers’ Activities, examines the prospects for collecting and effectively using data on wages and productivity. It reviews the definitions of these concepts and examines case studies from other employer and...
Pacific labour market information
Pacific labour market review 2020
This report presents a baseline assessment of the labour market situation in the Pacific Island Countries. The report was completed prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, within the framework of the ILO project on “Strengthening Labour Market Information...
The ILO Centenary
ILO 45 years in the Pacific 1974-2019
To celebrate the ILO Centenary in 2019, the ILO Office for Pacific Island Countries looks back and reflects on the ILO presence in the Pacific and its work with tripartite and other social partners. This publication is a selective and reflective...
Fact sheet
Employment and environmental sustainability in the Pacific islands
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...
Fact sheet
Employment and environmental sustainability in Tonga
The Employment and Environmental Sustainability Fact sheet for Tonga 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...
Working paper
Labour mobility in Pacific island countries
At the ILO’s High Level Tripartite Forum on Climate Change and Decent Work in the Pacific Islands Countries in PNG on 24-26 July 2019, the current state, challenges and future strategies for Labour Mobility in the Pacific will be discussed. This...