All publications: Telecommunications and information technologies
Cooperatives and the World of Work Series No. 2
Cooperating out of isolation: Domestic workers’ cooperatives
This note on ways cooperatives provide a way out of precarious and informal working arrangements for domestic workers, is the third in the series on Cooperatives and the World of Work.
Enterprise Formalization: Fact or Fiction? – New ILO/GIZ Study on what works to formalize enterprises
Informality of enterprises seems to be a rational behaviour that can best be overcome by reducing the cost of formalization and by offering clear benefits like an extended coverage of social protection. This is one of the key findings of a new joint...
At the threshold of economic empowerment: Women, work and gender regimes in Asia
This paper provides important insights on the nature of women’s economic empowerment in the region, focusing on the changes and transformations witnessed in recent years.
Ministries of labour: comparative overview. History, mandate, challenges world-wide database and organizational charts
The main purpose of this publication is to provide ILO constituents and other readers with an analysis of current developments and trends in ministries of labour all around the world.
Impact of trade in services on employment in Bangladesh: A case of the IT sector
This report explores the impact and potential of the rise of Bangladesh’s IT exports, its linkages with employment and policies, and actions required for realizing that potential. It uses both qualitative and quantitative techniques. The qualitative...
The Informal Economy and Decent Work: A Policy Resource Guide supporting transitions to formality
This practical Policy Resource Guide is the first initiative to bring together a synthesis of knowledge, policy innovations and good practices facilitating transition to formality.
Information resources
Knowledge corner (Satellite library): Final programme fact sheet
The ILO Country Office for the Philippines has been constantly working to improve the means of making ILO publications and information materials more accessible to its social partners and constituents. Through Knowledge Corner/Satellite Library...
Guide for the formulation of national employment policies
This guide for the formulation of national employment policies has been prepared as a capacity building tool for ILO’s tripartite constituents, ILO technical staff and a variety of national stakeholders who are engaged in the development and...
Private employment agencies in Morocco
Research paper on private employment agencies and temporary agency work in a country having ratified the Private Employment Agencies Convention, 1997 (No. 181), prepared for an ILO meeting on Private employment agencies in private services sectors,...
Upgrading informal apprenticeship - A resource guide for Africa
A policy learning approach to shift informal apprenticeship back into the focus of national priorities for enhancing skills and youth employability.
Toolkit on Poverty Reduction through Tourism
The toolkit outlines the background to poverty reduction approaches and how the ILO is involved within the context of decent work and the United Nations Millennium Development Goals. Recent developments in tourism and a vision for an inclusive,...
Local investments for climate change adaptation: Green jobs through green works
A guide for identifying, designing and implementing interventions in support of climate change adaptation at the local level.
Skills for Green Jobs: A Global View
This volume examines the experiences of 21 developed and developing countries in adjusting their training provision to meet the new demands of a greener economy. It shows that skills development is critical to unlocking the employment potential of...
Guidelines on HIV and AIDS for the postal sector
The International Labour Office (ILO), through its Programme on HIV and AIDS and the World of Work (ILO/AIDS) and the Sectoral Activities Department (SECTOR), in collaboration with the Universal Postal Union (UPU) and UNI Global Union (formerly...
Information resources
Knowledge corner (Satellite library)
With the establishment of the ILO CO-Manila's Knowledge Coners in 2009, the ILO has widely interacted more effectively with other partner agencies and institutions.
Postal and Telecommunications services - Employment
Postal and Telecommunications services - Training and retraining
Postal and Telecommunications services - Social dialogue
Postal and Telecommunications services - Standards
Postal and Telecommunications services - Gender