All publications: rural employment + rural workers

MGNREGA - A review of decent work and green jobs in Kaimur District in Bihar

The study attempts to quantify decent work elements and environment-related aspects in the execution of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA). The study reveals that the works in Kaimur disctrict should be considered...

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).

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...

Team-based maintenance of rural roads -Implementation manual

The manual complements the Conceptual guide to implement the team-based maintenance activities. It is meant to be used as training manual during the initial training of the teams and as a reference manual during the execution of the activities.

Training and employment opportunities to address poverty among rural youth: A synthesis report

The aim of this multi-country study is to identify relevant training and employment needs and opportunities, which can improve on, and off-farm income generation for young women and men in rural areas. This research is timely since young people make...

Cambodia - Country Brief

Building rural roads

The purpose of this manual is to provide technical staff ranging from site supervisors to engineers with a technical reference which details commonly used work methods and best practices for constructing rural roads. It describes all phases of...

Rural Skills Training

Generic Manual on Training for Rural Economic Empowerment (TREE)

The Training for Rural Economic Empowerment (TREE) methodology ensures that training is linked to economic and employment opportunities, and that disadvantaged target groups, including poor women and people with disabilities, can realize these...

Timor-Leste National Employment Strategy December 2008

This publication concern on the Timor Leste socio-economic context, the employment strategy and employment generation in: agriculture, in rural areas and surrounding towns, in infrastructure and public works program, in the housing sector, in the...

Integrated rural accessibility planning

This brochure outlines the concepts of integrated rural accessibility planning, its strategy for implementation with particular reference to Sri Lanka.

Employment and poverty in rural India: Which way to go?

This paper analyses the incidence of poverty in India both in the pre and post reform period and delves into the profile of poverty spread and examines the state level effectiveness of poverty alleviation programmes.

Rural road maintenance: Sustaining the Benefits of Improved Access

Socio-Economic Technical Papers (SETP) No. 19

Empower rural women - end poverty and hunger: the potential of African cooperatives. Initiatives in Eastern and Southern Africa

This leaflet provides an overview of how cooperatives can help to bridge gender gaps for positive development and poverty-reduction outcomes, and of possible action points for unleashing the potential of cooperatives based on examples from...

Business Training for Entrepreneurs in Vietnam

Creating Jobs: Capacity building for local resource-based road works in selected districts in NAD and Nias (Mid-Term Evaluation Summary)

Project INS/51/071/11