All publications: rural employment + rural workers

Rebuilding flood affected farmers' communities: Inspirational human stories

Real life stories of peasant communities from Sindh, Pakistan who endured devastating floods of 2010 and rebuilt their lives with the help of ILO, FAO and UN WOMEN, through a One UN project funded by UN Trust Fund for Human Security.

State of rural labour markets in India

This paper analyzes pace and pattern of rural diversification in India and some of the factors responsible for this during the last one and half decades.

Employment Situation in Latina America and the Caribbean (nº14)

This new edition of Employment situation in Latin America and the Caribbean discusses how weak job creation led to the third consecutive annual decline in the employment rate, which fell by 0.4 percentage points in 2015, indicating a reduction in...

Crafting Kuza: Towards a systemic approach to job creation for youth in Mombasa

Labour Overview 2015

The warning signs regarding the economic situation announced in the 2014 Labour Overview have been confirmed: labour markets in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2015 reflect the effects of the economic slowdown and sluggish growth in the region.

Strengthening Capacity of Panchayati Raj Institutions Managing Maintenance of Rural Roads

The document broadly covers the current interventions of the Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) in the rural roads sector and strategies proposed for capacity building of PRIs in managing maintenance of rural roads as a gradual approach with...

Brochure for Barefoot Technicians in Mahatma Ghandi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme

MGNREGS

Afghanistan: Child labour assessment in Balkh and Samangan provinces, Mazar

Child Labour is a concern of both the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and the ILO. However specific data on the numbers of working children and the conditions under which they work in a country that has experienced conflict over a...

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.

Summary report: Afghan competitiveness for job creation - Agricultural value chains

This summary report assesses the competitiveness situation (erosion and gains) of five agricultural value chains in Afghanistan and their potential for job creation.

Afghan competitiveness for job creation - Agricultural value chains

This report assesses the overall competitive situation (erosion and gains) in five value chains in Afghanistan and their potential in creating jobs.

The story of the ILO’s Promotion of Cooperatives Recommendation, 2002 (No. 193)

This publication highlights how the Recommendation No. 193 is being used, and its impact on the laws, policies and practices of countries. The publication also provides a brief account of the ILO’s engagement with cooperative development.

The Boss Project in Timor-Leste: Thin markets, thick impact?

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.

Work4Youth Publications

Youth and rural development: Evidence from 25 school-to-work transition surveys

Publication

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...

Report III (Part 1B)

Giving a voice to rural workers

Road maintenance in the Philippines

Local resource-based road maintenance in the Philippines: A guide

This Guide has been prepared for local government unit administrators and decision-makers from the provincial government level to the barangay (village). Other stakeholders, including public and non-government organizations involved in rural...

Good working conditions, good business?

Assessing the construction value chain to support the advancement of working conditions in Zambia.

Good working conditions, good business?

An analysis of Zambia's building construction market system