All publications: Colombia
Social Finance Brief: Insurance for MSMEs in Mexico
The ILO’s Impact Insurance Facility has been collaborating with the Mexican Association of Insurance Institutions to build inclusive insurance markets for excluded persons and for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the country. This...
Social Finance Brief: Segurísimo
Segurísimo is a low-cost insurance product, developed by Seguros Mundial in 2020 and aimed at the vulnerable, rural or traditionally excluded people in Colombia. This brief gives a history of the development and characteristics of this inclusive...
Colombia: Preliminary analysis of ILO mining employment data by sex
Stories of Change
Between 2020 and 2021, nine countries actively engaged in the implementation of Strategic Compliance Plans across various economic sectors. These efforts resulted in a 39% increase in labour law compliance in targeted sectors and the improvement of...
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.
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)
DRIVERS OF STRONG BUSINESS PERFORMANCE. An analysis of SMEs in selected emerging economies.
This evidence based report identifies micro and macro factors for SME's sucess on eight emerging-market economies: Egypt, Vietnam, Turkey, Colombia, Indonesia, Tunisia, Belarus, and Peru.
Report
Promoting Decent Work in Refugee and Mixed Migration Contexts
A South-South Triangular Cooperation (SSTC) Initiative Between Turkey and Colombia
Productivity
Trends in productivity and structural changes: A comparative analysis of four emerging-market economies
This study undertaken by the Bureau for Employers' Activities of the ILO (ACT/EMP) is part of a research project to analyse the barriers to productivity growth, diversification and structural change in four selected emerging market economies...
Compendium of Good Practices
Building a culture of workplace compliance through development cooperation
This compendium of good practices provides a unique set of successful practices from development cooperation projects to share knowledge gained and to help compliance actors improve efficiency with the long-term aim to replicate the positive results...
ILO Appeal
COVID-19 appeal update: ILO’s Response to the Venezuelan Displacement Crisis
Within the framework of the Regional Refugees and Migrants Response Plan (RMRP), the ILO has launched an appeal to its funding partners to support the response to the unprecedented refugees and migrants crisis in the Latin American region. The ILO...
Coffee in Colombia fact sheet
Measurement, awareness raising, and policy engagement project (MAP16) in Colombia
SCORE Training - Promoting the capacity of suppliers in global supply chains
Quick Facts - High-level independent evaluation of the ILO’s Decent Work Programme in the Andean countries of the Plurinational State of...
This short two-pager presents a visual set of quick facts that summarizes the findings and recommendations of the High-level independent evaluation of the ILO’s Decent Work Programme in the Andean countries of the Plurinational State of Bolivia,...
High-level independent evaluation of the ILO’s Decent Work Programme in the Andean Countries of The Plurinational State of Bolivia,...
The purpose of the evaluation is to determine how well the Andean countries achieved the planned outcomes laid out in their respective action programmes, how they achieved them, and under what conditions. The evaluation also seeks to contribute to...
Background note
Labour relations and COVID-19 in Colombia
Find out how bipartite social dialogue between employers and trade unions was used to mitigate the COVID-19 crisis in Colombia (occupational safety and health).
Safety and health in micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises: A collection of five case studies
The five case studies - conducted in Cameroon, Colombia, Indonesia, the Philippines and Tunisia – describe the occupational safety and health (OSH) situation in MSMEs and the initiatives adopted in this field.
ILO’s Programme of Work in Support of Decent Work in the Andean Countries of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela 2016-2019 -...
This synthesis review is part of preparatory work for the high-level independent evaluation of the ILO’s Programme of Work in Support of Decent Work in the Andean Countries of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela 2016-2019.
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 –...
Appeal: Venezuelan refugees and migrants in Latin America and the Caribbean
Within the framework of the Regional Refugees and Migrants Response Plan (RMRP), the ILO is launching an appeal to its development partners to support the response to the unprecedented refugees and migrants crisis that the Latin American region. The...