All publications: Caribbean
ILO Working Paper 178
Climate-Related Heat Stress and Occupational Mortality in Colombia
This paper looks at the relationship between high temperatures and mortality among workers in Colombia, identifying the occupations most affected and highlighting the need for stronger prevention and social protection measures.
Brief
Employment impact assessment of Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica
Hurricane Melissa generated a 2.9% decline in annual GDP in Jamaica causing more than 30,000 job losses.
Policy Brief
El Niño 2026–2027 and the world of work in Latin America and the Caribbean: a causal chain from climate to employment and labour...
This policy brief examines the foreseeable effects of El Niño 2026–2027 on the world of work in Latin America and the Caribbean. It analyses the direct and indirect channels through which changes in rainfall patterns and ecosystem services may...
Labour Market
Labour Market Trends in Latin America and the Caribbean
The report provides an up-to-date overview of employment in Latin America and the Caribbean, presenting 2025 results and initial trends for 2026, and analyses the relationship between productivity and informality.
EU-funded ILO PROSPER Project
Situational analysis - Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Systems in Southern Belize
This situational analysis serves as the foundation for strengthening TVET systems in Southern Belize. The study applies the ILO Skills System Assessment Tool and ILO Guide on Making TVET Inclusive to examine three dimensions: (a) developing,...
ILO Working Paper 171
The role of national social dialogue institutions in shaping investment policies
This paper examines how national social dialogue institutions can help align foreign direct investment with decent work and sustainable development. Drawing on eleven case studies, it highlights emerging practices, institutional challenges and...
Technical Report
The Impact of Active Labour Market Programmes on Youth
This joint ILO and World Bank report synthesizes over three decades of impact evaluation evidence across 62 countries to assess the impact of Active Labour Market Programmes (ALMPs) on young people's employment and earnings outcomes.
IRDS Briefing note
Regional tripartite social dialogue: The road to the Punta Cana Declaration
This note highlights the tripartite social dialogue process that led to the adoption of the Punta Cana Declaration during the 20th American Regional Meeting. It presents a regional experience that strengthens cooperation, democracy and decent work...
Social Dialogue
Negotiation as a mechanism for conflict prevention and resolution: positional negotiation and interest-based negotiation
This brief examines negotiation as a key mechanism for preventing and resolving workplace disputes, distinguishing between positional bargaining and interest-based negotiation. Understanding their characteristics and stages can help strengthen...
Policy brief
Work, Institutions and Democracy: Five Interconnected Structural Trends Reshaping the World of Work in Latin America and the Caribbean
Five interconnected structural trends—demographic, technological, environmental, productive and institutional—are reshaping the world of work in Latin America and the Caribbean. This policy brief analyses their implications and advances a central...
Labour migration
Free movement of persons in the CARICOM region: A labour market analysis
This report provides a comprehensive overview of the trends and characteristics of the cross-border movement of persons in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) region. The report supports the development of a CARICOM Labour Migration Policy Framework...
Social Protection
World Social Protection Report 2024–26: Regional companion report for Latin America and the Caribbean
This Regional companion report for Latin America and the Caribbean complements the World Social Protection Report 2024–26: Universal Social Protection for Climate Action and a Just Transition.
2025 Labour Overview of Latin America and the Caribbean
In its Labour Overview 2025, the ILO finds that despite gains, structural gaps and informality persist as changes in the world of work demand attention.
Platform economy
Decent work in the platform economy in the Caribbean
The study examines the emerging landscape of platform work across eleven Caribbean countries, finding that its prevalence is currently limited and uneven, concentrated primarily in urban centers and the tourism sector, and dominated by...
Wage policies
Setting a minimum wage through evidence-based practices. A situation analysis and guide for Caribbean employers’ and business member...
This report examines multiple dimensions of minimum wage policies in the Caribbean and is informed by a survey of 190 companies and 17 EBMOs across 12 territories. Throughout the report, emphasis is placed on the need for an evidence-based approach...
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...
Information sheet
The ILO and the social and solidarity economy in Latin America and the Caribbean
This document provides an overview of the ILO’s recent and ongoing work on the social and solidarity economy (SSE) in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Fact Sheet – IRDS
The Social Partnership of Barbados
The Barbados Social Partnership is a tripartite agreement between the government, employers and workers which, through dialogue and cooperation, has sustained the country's economic and social stability for more than three decades.
Social Dialogue and Labour Relations in Latin America and the Caribbean
The report is an analytical and reference tool for understanding the state of social dialogue in Latin America and the Caribbean and guiding its strengthening in the coming years.
Brochure
Skills Passport: Regional Mechanism for the Mutual Recognition of Labour Competency Certifications in Latin America and the Caribbean
This brochure explains what the Skills Passport is, its purpose, how it works, and how to be part of efforts to promote safe, orderly and regular labour mobility, as well as access to decent work, particularly for women and young people.