All publications: Forestry, wood, pulp and paper

Rural development and employment opportunities in Cambodia: How can a national employment policy contribute towards realization of decent...

This paper examines the on-going policy efforts to enhance productivity, employment opportunities, and incomes from work in the rural areas. At the same time, it argues that development of more productive sectors in manufacturing and services would...

Rural policy briefs

Promoting rural development through occupational safety and health

Most people in rural areas face particularly poor and hazardous working conditions coupled with a lack of social protection. Integrated approaches that include promoting rural workers’ health and safety are fundamental to ensure decent and...

Green livelihood access for Central Kalimantan's inclusive environmental response to climate change - GLACIER (Final Joint Evaluation...

Project INS/12/07/UND Evaluation consultants Hans van Noord, Priyo Asmoro // This joint project evaluation was managed by ILO. The project was jointly administered by the ILO and United Nations Office for Coordination on REDD in Indonesia...

Issue brief

Cooperatives offer migrant workers options for better lives

Cooperative enterprises have improved the lives of women and men migrant workers and their families for decades. Migrants find income and jobs, access affordable goods and services and find empowerment through cooperative enterprises, participating...

Survey

Cooperatives and Sustainable Development Survey: What have Cooperatives got to do with Sustainable Development Goals?

Business Opportunities and Support Services [BOSS-Irish Aid] (Midterm Evaluation Summary)

Project TIM/10/02/IRL - Evaluation consultants: Christian Schoen / Vino Mousaco

2012 Labour Overview. Latin America and the Caribbean.

New labour indicators for Latin America and the Caribbean portray a region that is experiencing its finest moment despite the crisis in other latitudes. We now face the challenge of taking advantage of this platform to remedy deficits that dampen...

South-South Cooperation and Decent Work: Good Practices

The Good Practices Guide on South-South and Triangular Cooperation is part of the ILO's commitment to the promotion of South-South and triangular cooperation, and is targeted at governments, workers, employers, and civil society to help them learn...

Local edge: Decent work - Stories from the grassroots

This collection features stories about how the creation of good jobs and achievement of personal goals is linked to local employment strategies based on the concept of decent work.

Feasibility study of the Social Service Delivery Mechanism for the implementation of the National Social Protection Strategy in Cambodia

The Social Service Delivery Mechanism (SSDM) is a one-stop-shop hosted in decentralized government structures. The aims of the SSDM are to locate social protection and employment services close to the people, empower local communities and the...

Promotion of gender-sensitive labour migration policies in Costa Rica, Haiti, Nicaragua, Panama and the Dominican Republic (Midterm...

Project RLA/09/05/EEC - Evaluation Consultant: Javier Varela

UNIDO - ILO Maluku Pelagandong Project. PELAGANDONG - Peace building and village based economic development and governance

Brief info on the project's progress as of March 2012 for the closing event.

Harapan sepanjang jalan - Roads to hope (Bilingual)

This picture book tells such approach could empowers and create ownership from the communities who also involved as workers, the local contractors as employers and the respected authorized local governments. It outlines the gradual transformation...

Freedom of association for women rural workers: A manual

Tis manual is an easy-to-use, practical tool for trade unions to reach out to women workers in the rural sector to inform them of their rights and engage them in activities to promote freedom of association. It goes through the various steps on how...

Boosting local economies in rural areas

Key issues and policy options to use the Local Economic Development approach to support rural development.

Addressing Informality for Rural Development

Key issues and policy options to tackle informality, and release the potential of rural inhabitants and communities.

Empowering rural workers, employers and communities through International Labour Standards

Key issues and policy options to protect rural workers' rights, and enable them to contribute to rural development.

Investing in youth for rural transformation

Key issues and policy options for investing in youth in rural areas, and boosting rural transformation through decent work.

The ILO at Work: Development Results 2010-2011

This report presents a snapshot of the wide range of the ILO's work in 2010-2011 by illustrating through stories, pictures, facts and figures, how the ILO's agenda to promote decent work translates into results that contribute to better lives for...

Promoting freedom of association and collective bargaining rights in the rural and export processing sectors (Final Evaluation Summary)

Project GLO/09/60/SID