All publications: rural employment + rural workers

Implementation of the decent work agenda in West Africa : results of activities of the Decent Work Technical Support Team

This report presents the achievements of the Decent Work Technical support team for West Africa and Country Office for Senegal, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Togo...

Implementation of the decent work agenda in West Africa : results of activities of the Decent Work Technical Support Team

This report presents the achievements of the Decent Work Technical support team for West Africa and Country Office for Senegal, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Togo...

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.

Employment-Intensive Investments: Providing Infrastructure, Jobs and Income

Key issues and policy options to provide infrastructure, jobs and income.

Rural development and employment opportunities in Cambodia: How can a national employment policy contribute towards realization of decent...

This paper examines the on-going policy efforts to enhance productivity, employment opportunities, and incomes from work in the rural areas. At the same time, it argues that development of more productive sectors in manufacturing and services would...

Rural policy briefs

Promoting rural development through occupational safety and health

Most people in rural areas face particularly poor and hazardous working conditions coupled with a lack of social protection. Integrated approaches that include promoting rural workers’ health and safety are fundamental to ensure decent and...

World of Work 2013: Country Brief on Germany

The German labour market remains resilient but inequality is rising in several forms.The employment outlook depends on EU prospects and the ability to achieve balance income development and strong investment in Germany.

2012 Labour Overview. Latin America and the Caribbean.

New labour indicators for Latin America and the Caribbean portray a region that is experiencing its finest moment despite the crisis in other latitudes. We now face the challenge of taking advantage of this platform to remedy deficits that dampen...

Feasibility study of the Social Service Delivery Mechanism for the implementation of the National Social Protection Strategy in Cambodia

The Social Service Delivery Mechanism (SSDM) is a one-stop-shop hosted in decentralized government structures. The aims of the SSDM are to locate social protection and employment services close to the people, empower local communities and the...

Community contracting initiatives in calamity-prone areas

Employment intensive investment programme community contracting initiatives in calamity-prone areas: Final project fact sheet

The International Labour Organizaton (ILO) has implemented the Employment Intensive Investment Programme (EIIP) to create jobs at community level through local resource-based investments in infrastructure. In the Philippines, EIIP developed and...

Freedom of association for women rural workers: A manual

Tis manual is an easy-to-use, practical tool for trade unions to reach out to women workers in the rural sector to inform them of their rights and engage them in activities to promote freedom of association. It goes through the various steps on how...

Empowering rural workers, employers and communities through International Labour Standards

Key issues and policy options to protect rural workers' rights, and enable them to contribute to rural development.

Investing in youth for rural transformation

Key issues and policy options for investing in youth in rural areas, and boosting rural transformation through decent work.

Addressing Informality for Rural Development

Key issues and policy options to tackle informality, and release the potential of rural inhabitants and communities.

Boosting local economies in rural areas

Key issues and policy options to use the Local Economic Development approach to support rural development.

Brief profile on Rural Employment and Decent Work

Employment for social justice and a fair globalization

Promoting freedom of association and collective bargaining rights in the rural and export processing sectors (Final Evaluation Summary)

Project GLO/09/60/SID

Unleashing the Potential for Rural Development through Decent Work - Building on the ILO Rural Work Legacy 1970s - 2011

Stocktaking of the approaches, tools, work methods, achievements and lessons learned.

Working paper

Addressing the employment challenge: India's MGNREGA

This paper examines, in particular, the effects of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) programme on employment, wages and incomes of the rural poor. It also considers its effect on overall growth of the economy.

Background paper: Empower Rural Women- End Poverty and Hunger

International Women's Day 2012