All publications: labour intensive employment + infrastructure

Employment impact assessments in Africa: Application and suitability of local multiplier analysis

The enhancement of input-output based employment assessment tools for EU operations in sub-Saharan Africa

100 Years of Public Works in the ILO

This book chronicles the breadth and depth of ILO’s engagement in Public Works Programmes (PWPs) over the last century. It describes the journey, the ideas and the innovations that have emerged in a shifting global economic, social and political...

Guidance for operation and maintenance (O&M) of irrigation systems

Maximizing local resources and community participation, Nepal and the Phillippines

PEPs

Public Employment Initiatives and the COVID-19 crisis

A compendium of Infrastructure Stimulus, Public Employment Programs (PEP), Public Works programs case studies

The use of GIS in employment impact assessments

ILO Brief

Strengthening the National Rural Transport Program (SNRTP) NEPAL: Decent employment through maintenance first approach for better road...

ILO Working paper 29

Public Employment Programmes in the Care Economy - The Case of South Africa

The COVID-19 pandemic and associated economic crisis have increased unemployment levels in the care economy, detrimental effects of which are felt by care workers, the majority of whom are women. The South African experience shows that Public...

COVID-19 response in BARMM (SitRep 2)

Situational report 2 of the ILO-Japan Water and Sanitation Project in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) on COVID-19 response through construction and repair of water systems, and the Community Emergency Employment Programme...

Employment-Intensive Investment Programme (EIIP) Technical Brief

Emergency employment

The EIIP supports direct short-term employment creation (emergency employment) that provides immediate short-term cash income opportunities to vulnerable people or communities. Emergency employment schemes emphasize productivity, impact and decent...

Employment-Intensive Investment Programme (EIIP) Technical Brief

Employment Impact Assessment (EmpIA)

EmpIA is a process to assess the employment potential and impacts of sectoral policies and investments. While it is possible to conduct EmpIAs in a variety of sectors, this note focuses on the EIIP's EmpIAs on investments in infrastructure, in...

Employment and Investment

Employment-Intensive public works (EIPWs) to create employment

This study describes the feasibility of applying employment-intensive public works as a means of addressing the loss of jobs and income resulting from the economic downturn caused by the COVID-19 in Pakistan.

COVID-19 response in BARMM (SitRep 1)

Situational report 1 of the ILO-Japan Water and Sanitation Project in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) on COVID-19 response through construction and repair of water systems, and the Community Emergency Employment Programme...

Iraq Decent Work Country Programme Update

Overview of ILO-Iraq progress towards Decent Work for all.

Employment-Intensive Investment Programme (EIIP) Technical Brief

Green works

Green Works refer to the employment intensive development, restoration and maintenance of public infrastructure, community assets, natural areas and landscapes to contribute to environmental goals such as adaptation to climate change and natural...

Employment-Intensive Investment Programme (EIIP) Technical Brief

Local resource-based (LRB) approaches and community infrastructure

In developing and maintaining community infrastructure, the EIIP promotes the use of LRB approaches. LRB approaches optimize the use of local resources, including local labour and technologies, as well as locally available materials, tools and...

Employment-Intensive Investment Programme (EIIP) Technical Brief

Small-scale contractor development in the construction sector

The ILO has contributed to building and improving the capacity of both the public and private sectors involved in infrastructure development. Through its experience in over 70 countries, the ILO has identified a number of strategies and actions to...

Employment-Intensive Investment Programme (EIIP) Technical Brief

Public Employment Programmes (PEPs)

Public Employment Programmes (PEPs) are publicly financed and government-implemented long-term investment programmes that directly create employment through productive activities with a high labour intensity, rather than through the expansion of...

Employment Intensive Projects in Lebanon: Guidelines

This document provides guidance on implementing sound EIPs, structured around key guiding principles, including the principles of decent work, and based on global experiences and on emerging good practices from programmes in Lebanon.

Assessment of employment- intensive investment strategies in refugee-hosting communities in Ethiopia

The report identifies short- and medium-term interventions for the creation of jobs, infrastructure and other assets for host, IDP and refugee communities by means of interventions by the Employment-Intensive Investment Programme (EIIP).