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Brief
Informality in Nepal’s Construction Sector: Promoting enterprise formalization and extending social protection to construction workers
This brief brings together findings from the sectoral diagnostic of informality in Nepal’s construction sector and insights from relevant stakeholders gathered through a policy dialogue. It highlights the need to advance enterprise formalization and...
Build it right: Policy, procurement and decent work in Mozambique
This brief explores how the ILO’s MozTrabalha project combines policy reform, public procurement and market systems development to promote sustainable enterprises and create more and better jobs in Mozambique’s construction sector.
Press release
Pakistan approves Occupational Safety and Health Code of Practice for the construction sector
New Code sets legally binding standards to strengthen safety and health protections for workers across the construction industry
Southern African Development Community
SADC Toolkit on mainstreaming decent work and labour productivity in key economic sectors
Guide
Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) - Manual for Labour-Based Rural Road Construction and Maintenance
A practical guide to safe and compliant rural road construction using employment-intensive, local resource-based methods to promote decent work, safer worksites and sustainable rural infrastructure.
ILO training package
ILO Training package on the Code of practice on safety and health in construction
This training package offers a flexible and comprehensive resource for everyone involved in construction projects – from clients and design teams to project managers, employers and their representatives, and workers and their representatives.
Policy Paper
Extending social security to casual workers in the construction sector in Federal Iraq and the Kurdistan Region of Iraq
This policy paper explores options for extending social security coverage to casual wage workers in the construction sector in Federal Iraq and the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Construction is one of the largest private sector employers, yet the vast...
ILO Brief
Towards extending social security among informal workers in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq: A focus on agricultural, construction and...
This brief synthesizes research on the extension of social security coverage to informal workers in agriculture, construction, and manufacturing sectors in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. It highlights the main barriers preventing workers from...
ILO Brief
Towards extending social security among informal workers in Federal Iraq: A focus on agricultural, construction and manufacturing sectors
This brief synthesizes research on the extension of social security coverage to informal workers in agriculture, construction, and manufacturing sectors in Federal Iraq. It highlights the urgent need to address legal, financial, and administrative...
Assessment & Evaluation Guide
Labour-Intensive Construction (LIC) Orientation Training Course: Assessment & Evaluation Guide
Trainer Manual
Labour-Intensive Construction (LIC) Orientation Training Course: Trainer Manual
Learner Manual
Labour-Intensive Construction (LIC) Orientation Training Course: Learner Manual
A learner manual for the Labour-Intensive Construction (LIC) Orientation Training Course, designed to build the knowledge and skills of technical and non-technical officials involved in South Africa’s Expanded Public Works Programme. It supports...
A Market Systems Analysis on SMEs’ business incentives to contribute to social insurance schemes in Jordan
The Estidama++ programme aims to expand social security coverage in Jordan, with a focus on vulnerable groups such as female workers, non-Jordanian workers, and youth. Recognizing that the programme’s sustainability and success rely on employer...
Decent Work in Construction
A rapid market systems analysis of the construction sector in Zimbabwe
Decent Work in Construction
A market systems analysis of the construction sector in South Africa
Decent Work in Construction
A market systems analysis of the construction sector in Mozambique
Country Study
The employment effects of industrial symbiosis networks in the South African informal sector
This report deals with the employment effects of industrial symbiosis in the provinces of Gauteng and the Western Cape in South Africa. It focuses on the textile and construction value chains and formalization.
Statistical Brief
Overview of workers in the construction subsectors
This brief provides an overview of workers in the construction subsector.
Prospective occupational skills needs in the Guyanese construction industry, 2022-2026
The present study, generously financed by the United States Department of State: Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration, is the result of dedicated collaboration between the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Office for Guyana, and...
Building a pathway for economic reconstruction: A rapid market assessment of construction, childcare and e-commerce in Ukraine
This rapid market systems analysis (MSA) provides a snapshot of three high-potential sectors – construction, childcare and e-commerce – which are well positioned to create more and better jobs and better jobs for Ukraine’s vulnerable workers in the...