All publications: economic reconstruction + armed conflict + natural disasters + economic recovery + peace

Skills development, employment services and local economic recovery for the construction sector (Final Evaluation Evaluation Summary)

Project LEB/07/03/ITA - Evaluation consultant: Wolfgang Schwegler-Rohmeis and Khalil Asmar

Book

From downturn to recovery: Cambodia’s garment sector in transition

This book brings provides a comprehensive analysis of the impact the downturn has had on a leading manufacturing sector and offers insight into the opportunities and constraints of a low-wage, labor-intensive export model for industrial development,...

Background paper: Making the crisis recovery work for women!

International Women's Day 2011

Policy Brief

Policy options to support young workers during economic recovery

This policy brief presents lessons learned from initiatives taken in past crises.

Policy Brief 8 - Supporting SMEs and their workers through the crisis

The Global Jobs Pact, designed to guide national and international policies aimed at stimulating recovery, specifically recognizes the contribution of small and medium-sized enterprises SMEs).

Policy Brief 3 - Including the informal economy in the recovery measures

While the media, official data, policy attention and recovery packages primarily target the regular and protected formal workers and employees, there is a real danger of increased informalization that will be harder to reverse. It is essential that...

Manual: business continuity planning (in Bahasa Indonesia)

Given the importance of business continuity planning efforts, one of the activities conducted through the Business Continuity project in a pandemic situation is entered into the business continuity planning-related training by using risk management...

Conflict prevention and peace building in North Lebanon (Mid-Term Joint Evaluation Summary)

Project LEB/09/50/UNR - Evaluation consultant: Sergio Lenci

SCREAM: A special module on child labour and armed conflict

This SCREAM Special Module will contribute to sensitizing young people around the world about child labour and armed conflict and, in particular, the use of children by armed forces and groups, one of the gravest violations of children's rights.

Case studies of Ivory Coast and Democratic Republic of Congo

Study on the reintegration of children formerly associated with armed forces and groups through informal apprenticeship

The objective of this study is to develop a knowledge base on reintegration through informal apprenticeship of CAAFAG, and other conflict-affected children in Africa, specifically in Korhogo (Ivory Coast) and Bunia (Ituri, Democratic Republic of...

Wenchuan Earthquake 2008: Recovery and Reconstruction in Sichuan Province - Recovery Status Report

The report reviews and documents good practices and experiences of the Government and people of China in the recovery and reconstruction operations following the Wenchuan Earthquake. It also summarizes the cases with potential for application by...

Policy Brief 6 - Including people with disabilities in crisis response

Even before the economic, social and jobs crisis, people with disabilities were less likely to be in employment than non-disabled persons and to count among the poorest in society. While there is scant data on how they have fared during the crisis,...

Policy Brief 14 - Policy Options to support young workers during economic recovery

The global jobs crisis has hit young people hard. Of the world’s estimated 211 million unemployed people in 2009, nearly 40 per cent – or about 81 million – were between 15 and 24 years of age. In many countries, this grim unemployment picture is...

Policy Brief 9 - Promoting Green Jobs for Recovery and Sustainable Development

The response to the international crisis is an opportunity to change the way governments shape and implement economic development strategies. The mounting calls for a more sustainable development path – in social, economic, and environmental terms –...

Children formerly associated with armed forces and groups: “How-to” guide on economic reintegration

This Guide provides operational and detailed guidance to design and implement the economic component of reintegration programmes for children formerly associated with armed forces and groups and other conflict-affected children.

World of Work Report 2010. From one crisis to the next?

Published annually by the International Institute for Labour Studies - the research arm of the ILO - the 2010 edition of “World of Work Report” assesses the state of labour markets worldwide amid the economic crisis and analyses the economic and...

The Worst Forms of Child Labour in conflict and post conflict settings: results from a research project

Skills gap analysis in Aceh: from reconstruction to sustainable growth through skills development

The foremost objective of the analyses in this paper is to identify skills that are currently short in supply but that are: 1) in increasing demand because of the development of specific economic sectors; 2) necessary to realize the regional...

Area based development programme: Local economic development, reconstruction and employment creation (Final Joint Evaluation Summary)

Project IRQ/07/02/UNQ - Evaluation consultants: Dean Pallen (Team Leader) and Dr Ali Al Ammar and Serkho Mustafah (National Evaluators)

Poverty Reduction through Decent Employment Creation in Liberia (PREDEC) (Final Evaluation Summary)

Project LIR/06/50/NET - Evaluation Consultant: Prof Oladele Arowolo