All publications: Forestry, wood, pulp and paper

Gender dimensions of agricultural and rural employment: Differentiated pathways out of poverty

This interagency report on the gender dimension of agricultural work was produced by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the International Labour Office (ILO) following two...

Effects of the training of contractors on their employability and business opportunities

Findings from a contractors tracer study conducted in May 2010 by the Project Creating Jobs: Capacity Building for Local Resource-based Road Works in Selected Districts in NAD and Nias

Benefits of improved road access

A study conducted in June 2010 of the effects of the road improvements on the livelihoods of the targeted beneficiaries by the Project Creating Jobs: Capacity Building for Local Resource-Based Road Works in Selected Districts in NAD and Nias

TIM Works project brief - August 2010

TIM-Works (Investment Budget Execution Support for Rural Infrastructure Development and Employment Generation), October 2008 to June 2011, is a Project which addresses the enormous twin challenges of job creation and the need for infrastructure...

Comparative costs and benefits of the local resource-based approach to rural road development: synopsis of findings from Aceh

To learn from the experiences in Aceh and Nias, the ILO commissioned a study that was to give insight into the effectiveness and relevance of the Local Resource-Based approach. One of the most interesting innovations to be taken from this study is...

SCORE Project Brochure

Sustaining Competitive and Responsible Enterprises

SCORE Indonesia launches social marketing campaign: Press release

Sustaining Competitive and Responsible Enterprises

Issue brief # 3

Rural women producers and cooperatives in conflict settings in Arab States

This issue brief aims to shed light on the reality and potential of cooperatives in empowering rural women in conflict settings in Arab States, based on the experience of Lebanon, Iraq, and the West Bank and Gaza Strip (WBGS).

Management of rural roads in Indonesia using a participatory model: technical guidelines for supervisors (first part)

This manual was produced with funding from the ILO Job Opportunities for Youth Project (JOY), following a request from the Public Works Department Malang Regency to provide guidelines to supervisors involved in rural roads development under the...

Management of rural roads in Indonesia using a participatory model: technical guidelines for supervisors (last part)

This manual was produced with funding from the ILO Job Opportunities for Youth Project (JOY), following a request from the Public Works Department Malang Regency to provide guidelines to supervisors involved in rural roads development under the...

Labour conditions in forestry in Indonesia

What are the current working conditions of forestry workers in Indonesia, how safe is their environment, how well are their children protected, how fairly are they treated, what could be done to be better prepared for the future?

Gender and Rural Employment Policy Brief #6: Making migration work for women and men in rural labour markets

Many poor rural households see migration to urban or other rural areas, or abroad, as a strategy to escape poverty or improve the quality of their lives. Migration patterns vary by continent and even countries within continents, and change over...

Working Paper No. 17 - Cooperatives in Zanzibar: Decline and renaissance

The history of the cooperative movement in Zanzibar and even its current structure is not well known. There is lack of literature on cooperatives on the Isles. Thus this study is very important as a pioneering examination of the cooperative...

Working Paper No. 12 - The hope for rural transformation : A rejuvenating cooperative movement in Rwanda

Team-based maintenance of rural roads - conceptual guide

The guide provides a detailed overview of the team-based maintenance of rural roads activities that was piloted by the ILO in two districts in Nepal; Dhanusha and Ramechhap. It promotes labour-based preventative maintenance of rural roads to...

How to maintain roads in a good condition (in Bahasa Indonesia)

Consists of two separate guidebooks

Investment Budget Execution Support for Rural Infrastructure development and employment generation (TIM Works) (Mid Term Evaluation Summary)

Projects TIM/08/50/NET, TIM/08/50/NOR, TIM/08/51/EEC, TIM/08/52/IRL - Evaluation Team: Bas Athmer (Team Leader) and Ms. Emma Allen (Research Officer)

Fighting forced labour: The example of Brazil

Brazil has been successfully fighting forced labour since 1995, when a new inter-ministerial body was created to coordinate action against it. Government agencies, employers' and workers' organizations, civil society and others have participated in...

Working Paper No. 7 - Cooperatives in Africa: The age of reconstruction - synthesis of a survey in nine African countries

Many governments have adopted a pro-cooperative attitude, mirrored in updated legislation and functioning cooperative departments. In some cases, the regulating policy may be felt as meddlesome by certain cooperative movements. While in other cases,...

Cambodia - Country Brief