All publications: rural employment + rural workers

Questions and answers ─ Gender equality in the rural sector: The ever present challenge

Interview with Jane Hodges, Director, ILO Bureau for Gender Equality

Indigenous women workers - With case studies from Bangladesh, Nepal and the Americas

This paper draws on the expertise and experience of two specialized ILO teams - the Programme to Promote ILO Convention No. 169 (PRO169) based in the International Labour Standards Department and the ILO’s Bureau for Gender Equality - with the aim...

My.COOP Managing your agricultural cooperatives

The My.COOP training package has been designed to enable existing and potential managers of agricultural cooperatives to identify and address major challenges that are specific to cooperatives in market-oriented agricultural development.

Climate change adaptation

MDG-F 1656 Joint Programme on climate change adaptation: Climate resilient farming communities in Agusan del Norte through innovative risk...

The Climate Change Adaptation Project (CCAP), a project funded by the Government of Spain through the United Nations Millennium Development Goals Achievement Fund (MDG-F), is being implemented by the ILO.

Ergonomic Checkpoints in Agriculture

Agriculture is one of the most hazardous sectors in both developing and developed countries. Increasing attention is being given to applying practical actions in rural and agricultural settings to reduce work-related accidents and diseases, improve...

'Good Practices and Lessons Learned’ on Experiences of Interventions of Skills Enhancement for Employment Project (SEEP)

A report prepared by Dr. Harihar Acharya on the key lessons learned and good practices of the Project.

How the Vietnamese find jobs

This report was conducted by the Research Institute of Vocational Training Science, General Department of Vocational Training with the support of Bureau of Employment, Ministry of Labour, Invalids, and Social Affairs and the International Labour...

Research report on rural labour and employment in Viet Nam

This study clarifies the current situation of and challenges to rural labour and employment. Additionally, the report also points out policy gaps in employment creation.

Managing Your Agricultural Cooperative, “My.COOP”

My.COOP is a training package published in 2011, covering managerial challenges that many agricultural cooperatives face, and based on the idea that strong cooperatives are necessary for a more equitable distribution of income, democracy, and for...

Supporting Rural Development through Social Protection Floors

Key issues and policy options to support rural development through Social Protection Floors.

Agriculture: An Engine of Pro-Poor Rural Growth

Key issues and policy options to promote productive, decent jobs in the agriculture sector.

Cambodia: In Takeo, ILO projects help to forge pathways out of poverty for people with disabilities

Feature story

Value Chains for Rural Development

Key issues and policy options to promote value chains for rural development.

Guidelines for Combating Child Labour Among Indigenous and Tribal Peoples (ITPs)

Guidelines to combat child labour among ITPs, which meet the specific needs of ITPs through a rights-based approach.

ILO Code of Practice on HIV/AIDS and the World of Work

A code providing practical guidance to policy-makers, employers’ and workers’ organizations, and other social partners on formulating and implementing appropriate workplace policy, prevention and care programmes.

HIV and AIDS Peer Education Manual

A joint ILO and Family Health International (FHI) teaching manual used in capacity building activities to tackle the lack of adequate knowledge regarding HIV and AIDS.

HIV and AIDS Education and Counselling Manual in Cooperatives and Informal Sector Economy

A manual to educate and sensitize cooperative members and informal workers on HIV and AIDS.

Integrated Rural Accessibility Planning – IRAP Guidelines

A guide describing the Integrated Rural Accessibility Planning (IRAP) process for improving access in rural areas; designed for application at the local government level.

Socio-Economic Reintegration of Ex-Combatants Guidelines

Practical policy and practice guidelines to reintegrate excombatants socio-economically in their community.

Local Economic Recovery in Post Conflict Guidelines

Guidelines to provide criteria and instruments inn planning and implementing post-conflict employment promotion based on the local economic recovery (LER) approach: an area-based approach to economic recovery for job creation, income generation, and...