All publications: Gambia

Insights into ILO Formalize Your Business in Côte d'Ivoire, The Gambia and Senegal

Key learnings from trainers and entrepreneurs

Understanding informality and child labour in sub-Saharan Africa

This study examines the interrelationship of child labour and informality in 22 sub-Saharan countries.

EIIP Project Brief

Papua New Guinea Project Brief

This project brief describes the Employment-Intensive Recovery and Reconstruction Response (E3R) project to mitigate the impact of a series of 7.5 and a 6.7 magnitude that hit the Highlands of Papua New Guinea, between the 26 of February and 8 of...

Employment Policy Brief

Migration and job creation in North/West Africa: Employment-intensive investment strategies in The Gambia, Mauritania, and Tunisia

This note explains how the ILO supports its constituents, particularly the countries of the origin of migrants, in addressing migration issues through job creation with the EIIP approach, with concrete examples from the ILO’s experiences in The...

The twin challenges of child labour and educational marginalisation in the ECOWAS region - An overview

As part of the efforts to address the present urgent situation, Governments and regional institutions have developed the ECOWAS Child Policy and the accompanying Strategic Plan of Action for the ECOWAS Child Policy, as well as the West Africa...

The Gambia Labour Force Survey (GLFS 2012)

The 2012 Labour Force Survey is geared towards providing labour market indicators to assist in policy and decision making at the macro and micro level. Indicators produced would also be helpful in monitoring the labour market, mainstreaming of...

Building the Case for Business Collaboration on Youth Employment: Good Practice from West Africa

This report, which examines eight case studies of intersectoral partnership on youth employment, illustrates the importance of collective action to build partnerships between public and private insitutions, harnessing each of their core capabilities...