All publications: Arab States

Iraq

Decent work country programme 2026-2029

The Decent Work Country Programme for Iraq 2026–2029 provides a national framework for advancing decent work and sustainable labour market development over the next 4 years. Developed through tripartite consultation between the Government, workers’...

Case study

Systems thinking meets human thinking

Removing constraints and rewiring incentives and behaviours for better State-led social protection delivery in Jordan.

Statistical profile of youth not in employment, education or training (NEET) in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

This report presents an in-depth statistical profile of youth not in employment, education, or training in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.

Gender and statistics in the world of work in the Arab States Region

The Brief on Gender and Statistics in the Arab States region examines the critical role of quality, disaggregated labour statistics in advancing gender equality and inclusion in the world of work across the Arab States. It reviews the availability...

ILO Brief

Labour market update and recovery outlook in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

This bulletin provides a labour market update and recovery outlook for the Occupied Palestinian Territory. It is the seventh in a series of bulletins from the ILO and the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) on the impact of the ongoing...

Global Employment Trends for Youth 2026: Back to the future

The report examines recent developments in youth labour markets worldwide and provides the latest global and regional analysis of youth employment trends and prospects.

Market Systems Analysis of Priority Sectors for Inclusive Growth in Jordan: Food Industry, Food Services, and Chemicals

Developed under the ILO's Manzuma project and funded by Regional Development and Protection Programme (RDPP III), this Market Systems Analysis examines Jordan's food industries, food services and chemicals sectors to identify the structural...

Manzuma Sector Selection Study

This publication presents the evidence-based process used to identify the three priority sectors for the Manzuma project, funded by the Regional Development and Protection Programme (RDPP III) in Jordan. This sector selection study presents the...

Rapid Market Scoping of the Renewable and Solar Energy Sector in Jordan

Developed under the ILO’s Manzuma project in Jordan, funded by the Regional Development and Protection Programme (RDPP III), this report examines one of the key cross-cutting constraints identified across the project’s three priority sectors (food...

Jordan annual report 2025

Narrative recap of the development cooperation implementation of the ILO programme in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

This report highlights the International Labour Organization's efforts and achievements in advancing decent work and social justice in Jordan during 2025. It showcases progress in strengthening labour market institutions, expanding social...

ILO Working Paper 177

Why social dialogue is necessary for sustainable economic development: Exploring peak-level social dialogue in alternative scenarios

This paper argues that social dialogue is a necessary instrument for delivering sustainable economic development and social progress for all. It played a key role in shaping countries’ responses to the financial crisis of 2008–09 and the COVID-19...

Newsletter

An Integrated Model for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour in Seasonal Agriculture in Hazelnut Harvesting in Türkiye”...

This newsletter provides information on the activities from September to December 2025 covering a 4-month period of the project “An Integrated Model for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour in Seasonal Agriculture in Hazelnut...

Factsheet

ILO PROSPECTS: Results at a glance

This “Results at a Glance” factsheet presents key figures from the overall PROSPECTS Partnership, highlighting its reach, achievements and contribution to longer-term solutions for forcibly displaced persons and host communities. It summarizes ILO’s...

Factsheet

PROSPECTS Partnership Iraq: Building Pathways to Inclusion and Opportunity for Forcibly Displaced People

This factsheet outlines how the PROSPECTS Partnership is supporting Iraq’s efforts to expand inclusion and opportunity for refugees, IDPs and host communities. It focuses on strengthening protection, education, livelihoods, social protection and...

Factsheet

PROSPECTS Partnership Jordan: Promoting Resilience, Decent Work and Social Cohesion

This factsheet outlines how the PROSPECTS Partnership is supporting Jordan’s efforts to promote resilience, decent work and social cohesion for refugees and host communities. It focuses on strengthening protection, education, livelihoods and...

Report

From experience to opportunity: Unlocking skills through RPL

This report presents the outcomes of the Regional Training and Experience-Sharing Workshop on RPL, held in Nairobi, Kenya, under the framework of the PROSPECTS partnership and the ILO’s Global Skills Programme.

ILO Brief

Building better labour markets: A service-based approach to agricultural recruitment in Lebanon

Widespread informality and poor working conditions define Lebanon's agricultural labour market; this brief examines a pilot model that worked through an existing commercial service company to introduce more structured, transparent and fair...

Report

Unlocking the transformative potential of lifecycle social protection through an integrated and multi-tiered system

A summary report on Oman’s reform of its social security system explores how the country is building a rights-based, integrated and sustainable social protection system that expands coverage across the lifecycle.

Joint ILO-UN ESCWA report

Artificial Intelligence and Employment Futures for the Arab Region

Artificial Intelligence and Employment Futures for the Arab Region” is a joint ILO-ESCWA (United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia) publication that examines how AI could reshape jobs and labour markets across the Arab region...

Employment and Social Trends: May 2026 Update

Growing labour market risks of the Middle East crisis

This Employment and Social Trends: May 2026 Update examines emerging risks to jobs, incomes and workers in a period of heightened global uncertainty. As in previous updates, it focuses on how changes in the geopolitical and economic environment can...