All publications: skilled workers + unskilled workers + training + skills + lifelong learning

Country Paper of India

The country paper on skills training and development in the workplace prepared by the Government of India in collaboration with social partners for the ILO SKILLS-AP/Japan regional technical workshop and study programme on skills training in the...

Country Paper of Malaysia

The country paper on skills training and development in the workplace prepared by the Government of Malaysia in collaboration with social partners for the ILO SKILLS-AP/Japan regional technical workshop and study programme on skills training in the...

Country Paper of the Philippines

The country paper on skills training and development in the workplace prepared by the Government of the Philippines in collaboration with social partners for the ILO SKILLS-AP/Japan regional technical workshop and study programme on skills training...

Country Paper of Sri Lanka

The country paper on skills training and development in the workplace prepared by the Government of Sri Lanka in collaboration with social partners for the ILO SKILLS-AP/Japan regional technical workshop and study programme on skills training in the...

Country Paper of Thailand

The country paper on skills training and development in the workplace prepared by the Government of Thailand in collaboration with social partners for the ILO SKILLS-AP/Japan regional technical workshop and study programme on skills training in the...

Women's Entrepreneurship Development and Gender Equality: Brochure

This brochure summarizes the WED programme by giving useful information on ILO strategy on promoting women's entrepreneuship development, on the partnerships established, on the key actions of ILO in this field, etc.

ILO Tools for Women's Entrepreneurship Development

This tool chart presents all the ILO guides used within the framework of WED. It specifies what it is,for whom, what is does and its objectives.

Team-based maintenance of rural roads - conceptual guide

The guide provides a detailed overview of the team-based maintenance of rural roads activities that was piloted by the ILO in two districts in Nepal; Dhanusha and Ramechhap. It promotes labour-based preventative maintenance of rural roads to...

Supporting Entrepreneurship Education: A report on the global outreach of the ILO’s Know About Business Programme

Energy, Jobs and Skills: A rapid assessment of potential in Mtwara, Tanzania

Special Paper 09.32, Research on Poverty Alleviation (REPOA), Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Gender Policy

Training and employment opportunities to address poverty among rural youth: A synthesis report

The aim of this multi-country study is to identify relevant training and employment needs and opportunities, which can improve on, and off-farm income generation for young women and men in rural areas. This research is timely since young people make...

Understanding informal apprenticeship – Findings from empirical research in Tanzania

Employment Working Paper No. 32

Rural Skills Training

Generic Manual on Training for Rural Economic Empowerment (TREE)

The Training for Rural Economic Empowerment (TREE) methodology ensures that training is linked to economic and employment opportunities, and that disadvantaged target groups, including poor women and people with disabilities, can realize these...

Policies on admission low-skilled workers in Korea, Japan and Taiwan (China): Similarities and differences

Examines the role that policies are likely to play in the long-term of the three East Asian countries given demographic trends and social and economic changes that evolve in post-industrial societies.

Pacific business awareness trainers' guide: Generate your business idea

The Business Awareness Trainer’s Guide has been developed by the International Labour Office (ILO) to supplement the Start Your Business (SYB) program in Pacific Island Countries. The programme is designed to enable people, including young men and...

Skills development in the workplace: Report of the ILO/SKILLS-AP/Japan Regional Workshop and Study Programme on Skills Development in the...

This is a report of a tripartite regional workshop and study programme covering a wide range of issues relating to learning within the workplace.

Village banking in Lao PDR, ledger guide

This guide elaborates on how to fill in and use the ledger. The ledger is used to show expenditure and income by the type of item (e.g. membership fees, loans, or interest).

Village banking in Lao PDR, handbook for village bank management committees and support organizations

The handbook consists of three parts. Part I explains what village banking is about, how village banks work and what principles help to ensure their success. Part II on the operation of village banks covers savings and loan policies, management,...

Arab Forum on Development and Employment (Conference Papers)

The ILO prepared five issue papers as a contribution towards the Arab Forum on Development and Employment.