All publications: Burkina Faso

ILO WAEMU youth country briefs

Making the invisible visible: Understanding and combating violence and harassment at work in three West African countries

New research in Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, and Senegal sheds light on the pervasive and profound effects of violence and harassment in the world of work – a universal phenomenon that spares no country – calling for inclusive, integrated and...

GB.355/PFA/INF/3

Update on the premises for the ILO Regional Office for Africa and Country Office for Côte d’Ivoire, Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger and...

ILO Working Paper 152

Compliance with Labour Regulations in West African Countries : A Multi-Dimensional and Dynamic Analysis

This paper examines compliance with labour regulations across West Africa, revealing widespread and persistent gaps between legal protections and workers’ actual conditions. It highlights the need to strengthen enforcement and promote decent work to...

ILO Working Paper 151

Do productivity gains translate into adequate wages? Firm-level evidence from Ethiopia (LIMMS, 2018–2020)

This study provides a comprehensive analysis of the relationship between firm productivity, wages, and employment dynamics in Ethiopia’s manufacturing sector between 2018 and 2020. Using firm-level data from the Large and Medium Manufacturing and...

GB.353/PFA/INF/4

Update on the premises for the ILO Regional Office for Africa and Country Office for Côte d’Ivoire, Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger and...

SPARK project's exposure visit report

The Disability Inclusive Rural Transformation (SPARK) project organized exposure visit for representatives from six countries to demonstrate the work done on disability inclusion. The report captures in detail the visit.

GB.352/PFA/4

Update on the premises for the ILO Regional Office for Africa and Country Office for Côte d’Ivoire, Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger and...

This document is also available in French and Spanish.

Burkina Faso

Green Jobs Assessment Model: Sustainable Tourism in Burkina Faso

Understanding informality and child labour in sub-Saharan Africa

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

The ILO at Work in Africa

Success Africa VI: Sustaining the World of Work in the COVID-19 pandemic era

This edition contains 25 stories from 20 countries and two follow-up stories from the previous editions of Success Africa to show how the ILO applied its expertise and experience to promote social justice during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Health sector investment impacts on employment and economic growth: A panel ARDL analysis in the West African Economic and Monetary Union...

Project results in Burkina Faso

Results of the CLEAR Cotton project in Burkina Faso

This factsheet presents the main achievements of the CLEAR Cotton project in Burkina Faso.

Brief

All work and no play

Using a systemic lens to determine the economic root causes to child labour

Social protection in action: Exploring public options of social health protection for refugees in West and Central Africa

Since 2014, the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) have worked together in line with their respective mandates to strengthen access to decent work among refugees, especially as...

State of skills in Burkina Faso

ILO alliance with G5 Sahel

With a population of over 300 million and a rising trend of urbanization, the Sahel region offers huge opportunities for its populations. At the same time, however, the region is facing an increase in extremism, terrorism and criminality, fueled by...

Employment Research Brief

Employment policy implementation mechanisms in Burkina Faso

The ILO and its constituents have made significant progress in developing national employment policies (NEPs). However, unless appropriate institutional arrangements can be put in place to ensure their timely and effective implementation, even sound...

ACI 2: Jobs and skills for youth -Thematic funding for 2014-15 (SIDA-ILO Partnership Programme 2014-17) - (Final Evaluation Summary)

Project: GLO/14/72/SID - Evaluation Consultant: Rafael Muñoz Sevilla

Outcome 11: Strengthening workplace compliance through labour inspection (Final Evaluation Summary)

Project: GLO/14/56/NOR - Evaluation Consultant: Ana María García Femenía