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National experiences in building social protection floors. India’s Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme

ESS Paper Series (SECSOC) - ESS 49

National experiences in building social protection floors. India’s Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme

This study reviews the legislation and implementation of the Indian Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) in the light of the provisions of Recommendation No. 202.

Public works programmes: A strategy for poverty alleviation - The gender dimension revisited in Employment-Intensive Investment Programmes...

Public works programmes: A strategy for poverty alleviation - The gender dimension revisited in Employment-Intensive Investment Programmes...

Employment Working Paper No. 194

Impact monitoring report - first year end-line survey, October 2015

Impact monitoring report - first year end-line survey, October 2015

The report shows that already significant positive changes in the rural people’s livelihood situation occurred a few months after the completion of the rehabilitation works. These changes include an increase in the availability and use of motorized...

Impact Assessment Study of Improved Rural Road Maintenance System under PMGSY

Impact Assessment Study of Improved Rural Road Maintenance System under PMGSY

Pradhan Mantri Gram SadakYojana (PMGSY), was launched in December, 2000 as a special intervention of the Government of India with the broad objective of ensuring sustainable poverty reduction.

Safety and health at the wood workshop

At the wood workshop

Safety and health at the wood workshop

The occupational safety and health fact sheets depict safe working practices related to specific hazards found on the farm, at motor vehicle repair shops and at the wood workshop. These fact sheets are aimed at employers and workers in micro and...

Generating emergency employment and recovering sustainable livelihoods in the Philippines: Norway’s contribution to the livelihoods...

Generating emergency employment and recovering sustainable livelihoods in the Philippines: Norway’s contribution to the livelihoods...

Project PHI/13/05/NOR - Evaluation consultants: Christoph David Weinmann and Felicissimo David

Women and rural roads, July 2015

Women and rural roads, July 2015

The survey explores the social-economic outcomes for women who live on R4D-rehabilitated roads and provides a gender perspective on the data outlined in the R4D Labourers’ survey report.

Wage labor, agriculture-based economies, and pathways out of poverty: taking stock of the evidence

Wage labor, agriculture-based economies, and pathways out of poverty: taking stock of the evidence

Emergency and recovery support to restart livelihoods, income generation and food self-sufficiency in Leyte province affected by Typhoon...

Emergency and recovery support to restart livelihoods, income generation and food self-sufficiency in Leyte province affected by Typhoon...

Project PHI/14/01/UKM - Evaluation consultants: John Connell and Arvy Origenes

Decent Work in the Rural Economy: Greener jobs and better business for women and men in Southern Costa Rica

Decent Work in the Rural Economy: Greener jobs and better business for women and men in Southern Costa Rica

This case study is based on the Brunca programme which promoted greener and better jobs in this region.

Global evidence on inequities in rural health protection. New data on rural deficits in health coverage for 174 countries

ESS Paper Series (SECSOC) - ESS 47

Global evidence on inequities in rural health protection. New data on rural deficits in health coverage for 174 countries

This paper presents global estimates on rural/urban disparities in access to health-care services.

Labourers' survey, April 2015

Labourers' survey, April 2015

The survey aims to gain insight into the benefits R4D labourers have derived from their employment with contractors carrying out R4D works. Benefits have been measured in terms of wages earned, the utilization of those wages and the impact on...

Integrated Livelihood Recovery for Typhoon Haiyan affected communities - (Final Evaluation Summary)

Integrated Livelihood Recovery for Typhoon Haiyan affected communities - (Final Evaluation Summary)

Project PHI/14/02/JPN - Evaluation consultants: John Connell and Arvy Origenes

Labour availability study, March 2015

Labour availability study, March 2015

The survey findings illustrate that there are large differences between the labour requirements as estimated by the R4D engineers and those estimated by the contractors. This indicates that, despite the pre-bid training given to the contractors,...

Giving a voice to rural workers - General Survey concerning the Right of Association and Rural Workers' Organizations instruments (2015)

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Giving a voice to rural workers - General Survey concerning the Right of Association and Rural Workers' Organizations instruments (2015)

The Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations has just published its annual General Survey on member States' national law and practice concerning the right of association in agriculture as well as the rights of...

Livelihood restoration and protection and sustainable empowerment of vulnerable peasant communities in Sindh Province - (Midterm External...

Livelihood restoration and protection and sustainable empowerment of vulnerable peasant communities in Sindh Province - (Midterm External...

Project PAK/13/01/HSF Evaluation consultant: Edgar Guardian // Jointly conducted by: Food and Agriculture Organization, International Labour Organization and UN Women

Support to the National Department of Public Works on the implementation of the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) Limpopo Province - ...

Support to the National Department of Public Works on the implementation of the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) Limpopo Province - ...

Project SAF/04/54/SAF Evaluation consultant: Stanley M. Karuga

Support to the Limpopo Department of Public Works in the implementation of the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) Limpopo Province - ...

Support to the Limpopo Department of Public Works in the implementation of the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) Limpopo Province - ...

Project SAF/04/54/SAF Evaluation consultant: Stanley M. Karuga

Decent Work in the Rural Economy

Case Study

Decent Work in the Rural Economy

Greener jobs and better business for women and men in Southern Costa Rica

2014 Labour Overview. Latin America and the Caribbean.
Cover for 2014 Labour Overview LAC

2014 Labour Overview. Latin America and the Caribbean.

The 2014 Labour Overview of Latin America and the Caribbean is characterized by slower economic growth. Following a decade of robust growth, during which the region created jobs and improved the quality of employment, there is uncertainty and...