All publications: rural employment + rural workers

Independent evaluation of the ILO's Decent Work Country Programme Strategies and Activities in North Africa 2010-2013

This high-level evaluation (HLE) is the first cluster evaluation of the ILO’s decent work strategies and activities in the North African sub region. The evaluation assesses the Office’s support to the Governments and social partners in Algeria,...

Independent evaluation of the ILO's Decent Work Country Programme Strategies and Activities in North Africa 2010-2013 - Volume II

Contains the annexes of case studies on Algeria, Egypt, Eritrea, Libya, Morocco, South Sudan, Sudan and Tunisia.

ESS Paper Series (SECSOC) - ESS 45

Can productivity in SMEs be increased by investing in workers' health?

This study investigates the major causes of inadequate or non-existent social protection coverage of workers in SMEs, in both the formal and informal economy, and identifies barriers regarding coverage and access to social protection in health,...

2014 Labour Overview. Latin America and the Caribbean.

The 2014 Labour Overview of Latin America and the Caribbean is characterized by slower economic growth. Following a decade of robust growth, during which the region created jobs and improved the quality of employment, there is uncertainty and...

2013 Labour Overview. Latin America and the Caribbean.

Twenty years after the Labour Overview was first published, we analyze the challenges facing Latin America and the Caribbean today. We also take a retrospective look at two very distinct decades for the labour markets of the region and envision the...

Skills for Employment Policy Brief

Skills for Rural Employment and Development

Part of the Policy Brief series produced by the Skills and Employability Branch

Chapter 8: Songaï, Benin

Songhaï is an NGO empowering rural African communities, particularly farmers, youth, and women, by building their capacities to become agricultural, agribusiness, and handicraft entrepreneurs.

Chapter 5: The Nyamata Telecentre and the Rwanda Telecentre Network (RTN), Rwanda

Founded in 2004, the Nyamata Telecentre is a private enterprise whose goal is to stimulate rural development by providing access to Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in the village of Nyamata, located near Rwanda’s capital Kigali.

Chapter 2: Eco-Health Farm Network (EHFN), Latvia

Founded in the early 2000s, the Eco-Health Farm Network (EHFN) supports small-scale producers in rural Latvia to integrate organic farming practices, health services, environmental preservation, and educational tourism into their work.

Learning from Catalyst of Rural Transformation

This publication reviews 8 cases of "Catalyst" of rural transformation from different countries. It extracts lessons that remind us of the economic and development potential of rural areas, and most important, the central role of rural men and...

Reporting on Rural Issues

This guide is a tool for people working in the media to think differently and report differently about rural areas. It provides key facts and figures about rural communities and issues, and aims to shatter some dominant stereotypes and negative...

Chapter 10: Synthesis and Lessons from the 8 Catalyst

This chapter presents a set of valuable findings and lessons from the 8 cases analyzed.

Chapter 7: Self Employed Women's Association (SEWA), India

The Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) is a membership-based organization created in 1972 from a combination of the labour, women, and cooperative movements, to organize self-employed women in the informal economy and assist their collective...

Chapter 9: The Stung Treng Women's Development Centre (SWDC), Cambodia

The Stung Treng Women’s Development Centre (SWDC) empowers young women in one of the poorest provinces of north-east Cambodia, by transferring skills and creating sustainable livelihoods.

Chapter 4: La Chetina, Peru

“La Chetina” is a micro-enterprise manufacturing and selling dairy and other agricultural based products in the remote area of Cheto, Chachapoyas, located in the Amazonas region of northern Peru. Created in 2007, La Chetina generates employment by...

Chapter 6: The Palestine Fair Trade Association (PFTA), occupied Palestinian territory

The Palestine Fair Trade Association (PFTA) is a union which economically and socially empowers Palestinians farmers, including women producers, through the promotion of fair trade and organic farming, capacity building, and certification.

Chapter 1: Introduction

This chapter provides a brief description of the objectives, methodology and structure of the 8 case-studies of the "Learning from Catalyst of Rural Transformation" publication.

Chapter 3: The National Federation of Men and Women Family Farming Workers (FETRAF-Brasil), Brazil

Founded in 2004, the Federação Nacional dos Trabalhadores e Trabalhadoras na Agricultura Familiar (The National Federation of Men and Women Family Farming Workers), FETRAF-Brasil, is a national federation of trade unions which aims to strengthen...

Timeline of ILO RURAL WORK

Learning from Catalyst of Rural Transformation

This publication reviews 8 cases of "Catalyst" of rural transformation from different countries. It extracts lessons that remind us of the economic and development potential of rural areas, and most important, the central role of rural men and...