All publications: livelihoods + income generating activities + remuneration + minimum wage + low wages + incomes policy + income

Final Report: Improving Livelihood Opportunities for Refugees and Local Youth in Indonesia

In September 2018, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Labour Organization (ILO), in collaboration with national partners, launched a pilot project offering community-embedded, activity-based...

Fail, recalibrate, adapt, achieve: how Yapasa used the market systems approach to create opportunities for Zambia's rural youth

A comparative analyses of the Ginger and Avocado sectors in Southern Shan State

Cluster on trade and productive capacity, Myanmar

Approach to Inclusive Market Systems

Evaluation of Market Systems Development Interventions for Refugee and Host Communities in Jijiga, Ethiopia

Kuwait - ILO Cooperation: Factsheet, 2019

Kuwait is an ILO member State which has ratified 19 ILO Conventions, including seven fundamental Conventions. Kuwait is committed to promoting decent work and social justice in the Arab States and in particular to support ILO programmes in the...

Conditions of Work and Employment Series No. 106

Regulatory options for conflicts of law and jurisdictional issues in the on-demand economy

Provides a global framework for thinking about the on-demand business model and assorted conflicts of law and jurisdictional issues.

Fair recruitment initiative

General principles and operational guidelines for fair recruitment and definition of recruitment fees and related costs

This document brings together the ILO general principles and operational guidelines for fair recruitment (“principles and guidelines”) and the definition of recruitment fees and related costs.

Approach to Inclusive Market Systems

Doing business in Dadaab, Kenya

Livelihoods for migrants and refugees in Brazil

This report presents the results of field research in Brazil which aims to identify ways for migrants and refugees to secure employment and take advantage of market opportunities.

2018 Labour Overview of Latin America and the Caribbean

The 2018 Labour Overview of Latin America and the Caribbean summarizes economic trends in the countries of the region in 2018 and analyses the impact on labour markets observed this year, as well as expected results for 2019. This year’s feature...

Conditions of Work and Employment Series No. 104

Overtime work: A review of literature and initial empirical analysis

An inter-disciplinary overview on how overtime issues are addressed by different academic disciplines. Examines the incidence of overtime work within the context of several distinct national employment regimes and industrial relations systems.

Research Department Working Paper n°41

Joint provision of income and employment support: Evidence from a crisis response in Uruguay

This paper analyses the effects of the activation and income-support interventions of the comprehensive social assistance intervention PANES, launched in Uruguay in May 2005 as an emergency plan to respond to a sharp deterioration of economic and...

Research Department Working Paper n°40

What drives old age work in China?

The aim of this paper is to contribute to an understanding of the decisions of the near old and older Chinese to work, and how work characteristics vary across genders, localities, and within overall income and security situations as ageing advances.

Bali declaration - Policy briefs

Tackling inequality and boosting wage growth (2018 update)

This series of Policy Briefs aim to focus attention on the priorities for policies and actions at national level and by the ILO as defined in the Bali Declaration adopted at the 16th Asia and Pacific Regional Meeting of the ILO. The Declaration...

A Review of Industrial Relations in the Garment Sector in Gurugram

Industrial relations shed light on the development challenges of specific occupational sectors and the locations in which they are documented. The peaceful resolution of labour disputes underpins decent work and sustainable development, and tension...

Flagship report

Global Wage Report 2018/19: What lies behind gender pay gaps

This report examines the evolution of real wages around the world, giving a unique picture of wage trends globally and by region.

Global Wage Report 2018/19: What lies behind gender pay gaps [Summary]

Market systems analysis for Syrian refugees in Egypt

Extension of Social Security - Working Paper - ESS 61

From principles to practice: A method for identifying income sufficiency when applying International Legal Standards

Is access to sufficient level of income required for social protection, and if so at what level? Although ILO Conventions and Recommendations make reference to income standards, much about them has been left unspecified.

Market System Analysis - Mozambique

Building decent work for all

Digging in the construction value chain of Mozambique to build more green enterprises and empower women through job creation