All project publications
Can digital services help tackle the extension service dilemma?
Evidence and lessons on improving farmer practices at scale from the ILO’s An Ka Baara project in Mali.
Build it right: Policy, procurement and decent work in Mozambique
This brief explores how the ILO’s MozTrabalha project combines policy reform, public procurement and market systems development to promote sustainable enterprises and create more and better jobs in Mozambique’s construction sector.
Case study
Systems thinking meets human thinking
Removing constraints and rewiring incentives and behaviours for better State-led social protection delivery in Jordan.
Market systems development for decent work
Big talk, any walk?
What results from 100+ projects can tell us about market systems development effectiveness.
Ex-post study
What remains after exit? Evidence of lasting change in northern Afghanistan’s carpet sector
Findings from a low-cost ex-post review
From root causes to real change: Using a systems approach to foster decent work deep in supply chains
Improving micro, small and medium enterprises’ (MSMEs) access to supply chains and their benefits is critical for fostering economic development and decent work. A systems approach can help identify key barriers that hinder MSME performance and...
Trade for Jobs Uganda
Destination: Pearl of Africa - A market systems analysis with a focus on trade and employment
This market systems analysis (MSA) of Uganda’s tourism sector aims to identify key constraints and opportunities for growth, with a focus on enhancing the livelihoods of local communities and workers in the tourism value chain.
Traction through action: An antidote to paralysis by analysis?
The what, why and how of action research
Trade for Jobs Uganda
Finding the milky way: A market systems analysis with a focus on trade and employment
ILO Brief
Renting a Portable Solar Energy System in Lebanon
The Experience of Deir El Ahmar's Union of Cooperatives with Portable Solar Units in Lebanon.
Market systems development for decent work
Starting strong: Getting inception right in projects using the MSD approach
Trade for Jobs Uganda: Sector selection study
Examining job and export potential in nine sectors
Market systems development for a just transition: What does it really mean for donors and practitioners?
Market Systems Analysis of the Cassava, Palm Oil, Vegetables Sectors in the Districts of Port Loko, Bombali, Kenema and Bo of Sierra Leone
The Opportunity Salone Programme is a project implemented by the International Labour Organization (ILO) under the framework of the European Union’s Jobs and Growth Programme in Sierra Leone. The objective of the Programme is to contribute to large...
Think piece
Total systems failure: Three lessons on how to avoid a “blue screen of death” in your market systems development project
Brief
All analysis and no action?
Lessons from 64 ILO market systems analysis which can improve their use
Brief
Towards more and better jobs in Albania
Findings of a job quality diagnostic
Building a pathway for economic reconstruction: A rapid market assessment of construction, childcare and e-commerce in Ukraine
This rapid market systems analysis (MSA) provides a snapshot of three high-potential sectors – construction, childcare and e-commerce – which are well positioned to create more and better jobs and better jobs for Ukraine’s vulnerable workers in the...
Market Systems Approach for Decent Work in Ukraine - Sector Selection Report. Prioritising the pathway for vulnerable workers in economic...
Think piece
A market systems approach to skills development
A joint think piece by the ILO SKILLS Branch and SME unit