All publications: employment services

Independent evaluation of the ILO’s Decent Work Country Programme strategies and actions in the Mekong subregion, 2012-2017

ILO Decent Work Country Programmes (DWCPs) are the primary framework for delivering support to member countries in an effort to promote decent work as a key national development strategy. This high-level evaluation assesses the extent to which the...

Executive Summary-Labour Migration From China to Europe: Scope and Potential

The research presented in this report was conducted under the “EU-China Dialogue on Migration and Mobility Support Project”, funded by the EU and jointly carried out by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the International Organization...

Case studies and exercises on unemployment protection: Based on the fictional country of Coresia

Social protection and decent work are recognized as cornerstones of the new global development agenda, with a prominent space in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Social protection and unemployment protection are also priorities set...

Experiences from ASEAN

Unemployment protection: A good practices guide and training package

Learning from concrete country experiences and practices, the package provides guidelines and tools to conduct training sessions and workshops on unemployment protection.

Labour Market Information and Employment Services (LIfE) (Project fact sheet)

The project aims to improve the quality of employment services through strengthened client orientation and capacity building of Employment Service Centres (ESCs) and their officials.

Access to justice for migrant workers in South-East Asia

This report analyses access to justice for migrant workers in South-East Asia and provides recommendations for improving complaint mechanisms for labour rights abuses.

Policy Brief on Practices and Regulations of Recruitment to Garment Work

The policy brief maps common recruitment practices and regulations observed along recruitment pathways to garment and textile work in India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Jordan and Lebanon.

Conditions of Work and Employment Series No. 92

Migrant and cities: Research report on recruitment, employment, and working conditions of domestic workers in China

Labour market

Improving labour market outcomes in the Pacific: Policy challenges and priorities

This report provides policy guidelines for improving labour market outcomes.

ILO-China project to expand employment services and enhance labour market information in Cambodia and LAO PDR - Final Evaluation Summary

Project AS/12/17/CPR - Evaluation consultant: Mr. Don Clarke

Report IV

Addressing governance challenges in a changing labour migration landscape

Practitioners' guides on employment service centres: Providing effective employer services (Volume 4)

The Practitioners’ guides on employment service centres are a collection of resource manuals on public employment services delivery, focusing specifically on the practical operations of employment service centres and the delivery of employer and...

Practitioners' guides on employment service centres: Operating employment service centres (Volume 2)

The Practitioners’ guides on employment service centres are a collection of resource manuals on public employment services delivery, focusing specifically on the practical operations of employment service centres and the delivery of employer and...

Practitioners' guides on employment service centres: Training of trainers on operations, counselling, and employer services (Volume 1)

The Practitioners’ guides on employment service centres are a collection of resource manuals on public employment services delivery, focusing specifically on the practical operations of employment service centres and the delivery of employer and...

Practitioners' guides on employment service centres: Providing effective counselling services (Volume 3)

The Practitioners’ guides on employment service centres are a collection of resource manuals on public employment services delivery, focusing specifically on the practical operations of employment service centres and the delivery of employer and...

Progress of the implementation of recommendations adopted at the 3rd – 8th ASEAN Forums on Migrant Labour: Background paper to the 9th AFML

Safeguarding the Rights of Asian Migrant Workers from Home to the Workplace

Migration of health workers from Nepal

The report examines the stock and flow of migrant Nepali health workers while exploring policies governing such movement and the consequent impact on the country's health care situation.

Promoting and building income security and employment services in Asia, Phase II- Final Evaluation Summary

Evaluation consultant: Mel Cousins

Jobs and skills for youth: review of policies for youth employment in Mongolia