All publications: Panama
Facilitator's Manual
Competency-Based Training for apprentice trainers in companies
Scope and implementation of international social security agreements: Analysis in the member countries of the RCM
This report presents an analysis of the scope and implementation of international social security agreements in the member countries of the Regional Conference on Migration (hereafter, RCM), including bilateral and multilateral agreements between...
Latin America and the Caribbean
Survey on workers on web-based digital platforms
This report summarises a survey of 1,153 digital platform workers in Latin America and the Caribbean. It analyses their profile, working conditions and income, revealing precariousness, informality and lack of social protection. 52% use these...
Executive summary
Women's participation in temporary labour migration programmes
This technical note analyses how the content of bilateral labour migration agreements, as well as the procedures and practical operation oftemporary labour migration programmes in the Central and North American region, provide conditions for access,...
Digitalization of employers and business membership organizations
Where are employers’ organizations on their journey toward digitalization? A look at Panama
This technical note is part of the collection of notable experiences in the digitisation of business enterprises and employers' organizations (EBMOs) in Latin America, identified in the research process carried out by the ILO Bureau for Employers'...
Labour Overview series for Latin America and the Caribbean 2021
2021 Labour Overview, Latin America and the Caribbean - Executive Summary
The 2021 Employment Outlook describes a mixed bag scenario for employment and suggests that pre-pandemic levels will be reached by 2023 or even 2024.
Enabling Environment for Sustainable Enterprises in Panama
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...
EIIP Project Brief
Panama: Local resource-based approach for water and sanitation governance improvement
Panama-ILO Cooperation: Factsheet
Panama supports the ILO’s mandate both through contributions to the ILO’s core budget and development cooperation programmes and projects. Panama has always been very committed to the promotion of dialogue and cooperation and has been an active...
Outcome 10: Thematic funding for 2014-15 (Norway-ILO Partnership Programme 2012-15) - Final Evaluation Summary
Project: GLO/14/60/NOR
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...
Latin American Network to Combat Child Labour: Public-Private Partnership
This partnership between Fundación Telefónica and the ILO created a strategic regional alliance to more efficiently combat child labour in Latin America. It strengthens institutions and provides the required tools to disseminate good practices and...
Promotion of gender-sensitive labour migration policies in Costa Rica, Haiti, Nicaragua, Panama and the Dominican Republic (Midterm...
Project RLA/09/05/EEC - Evaluation Consultant: Javier Varela
Policy guide
Strengthening the role of employment injury schemes to help prevent occupational accidents and diseases
The aim of this guide is to provide policy recommendations for future direction in the area of employment injury schemes. The guide is targeted at national authorities dealing with occupational safety and health (OSH).
Preparation of a Roadmap for the prevention and elimination of child labour and its worst forms. Concept note.
Taking action! The Labour Inspection in the face of crimes of commercial sexual exploitation of children and adolescents
This pamphlet, addressed to labour inspectors, attempts to answer the questions related to child labour and its worst forms, and inform, in particular, with regard to crimes of commercial sexual exploitation of children and adolescents, who are...
A shared responsibility: Workers organizations in the fight against the commercial sexual exploitation of children and adolescents
This leaflet describes the characteristics, causes and consequences of commercial sexual exploitation of children and is directed at workers¿ organizations throughout Central America, including both trade union leaders and their respective unions,...