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

Enabling Environment for Sustainable Enterprises (EESE) in fragile contexts

In the wake of conflict or disaster, decent work is often considered as a secondary priority, when it can be the key to resolving many of the drivers of conflict and can be instrumental to restoring peace and resilience. Employment and...

Labour administration

Decent work: The road to lasting peace. Labour administration and inspection needs assessment in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim...

Conducting a labour administration and inspection needs assessment is an intervention that can help identify gaps in the capacity and coverage of labour administration systems and promote actions to address them. A needs assessment is only a first...

POST COVID 19

The Next Normal: The Changing Workplace in Nigeria

To help understand key trends driven in the post Covid 19 pandemic period, the ILO Bureau for Employers' Organizations along with Nigeria Employers' Consultative Association (NECA) commissioned an study. This report presents the findings of that...

Diversity and inclusion

Transforming enterprises through diversity and inclusion

This report presents the findings from one of the most comprehensive studies on equality, diversity and inclusion conducted by the ILO during a period of immense disruption as the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic was felt worldwide. It contributes...

Executive summary

Transforming enterprises through diversity and inclusion

This report presents the findings from one of the most comprehensive studies on equality, diver-sity and inclusion conducted by the ILO during a period of immense disruption as the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic was felt worldwide. It contributes...

Country profiles

Transforming enterprises through diversity and inclusion

This report presents the findings from one of the most comprehensive studies on equality, diver-sity and inclusion conducted by the ILO during a period of immense disruption as the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic was felt worldwide. It contributes...

Being self-aware in the midst of a pandemic: Compilation of the nominees and winners’ OSH journalistic works competition

This book is a compilation of the works of journalists who were nominated for 10 print or online categories and 10 nominations for the photo category. The themes range from mental health, implementation of health protocols during a pandemic, to the...

Labour Overview series for Latin America and the Caribbean 2021

2021 Labour Overview, Latin America and the Caribbean - Executive Summary

The 2021 Employment Outlook describes a mixed bag scenario for employment and suggests that pre-pandemic levels will be reached by 2023 or even 2024.

Report

World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends 2022

This ILO flagship report details the effects of the COVID-19 crisis on the world of work.

Executive Summary

World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends 2022

This ILO flagship report details the effects of the COVID-19 crisis on the world of work.

Concept Note – ILO MOLE Tripartite national dialogue on Global call to action for a human-centered recovery from COVID-19 crisis in the...

Report: executive summary

Haiti earthquake 2021: Post Disaster Needs Assessment (executive summary)

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)

DRIVERS OF STRONG BUSINESS PERFORMANCE. An analysis of SMEs in selected emerging economies.

This evidence based report identifies micro and macro factors for SME's sucess on eight emerging-market economies: Egypt, Vietnam, Turkey, Colombia, Indonesia, Tunisia, Belarus, and Peru.

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)

Internal and external factors for SME success - What EBMOs should know to promote more competitive enterprises

The Covid-19 crisis revealed that many SMEs were not prepared to deal with such a crisis. The key to resilience will be to understand the main internal characteristics of successful SMEs and also to look at the external success factors associated...

COVID-19 Pandemic in the World of Work

ILO Monitor: COVID-19 and the world of work. 8th edition

The report gives a global overview of how countries are grappling with the recovery, eighteen months into the crisis. Based on new data, it provides a detailed picture of the different recovery trends between developed and developing countries. It...

COVID-19 and the world of work

COVID-19 crisis and policy response in the English- and Dutch-speaking Caribbean. One year after: labour market and social protection...

Disclaimer 1: Throughout this publication the term Caribbean represents the English- and Dutch-speaking part of the sub region. Disclaimer 2: The information contained in this publication is actualized to the month of October 2021 (15th). By the...

ILO Flagship Programme

Jobs for Peace and Resilience: Key facts and figures

ILO Working paper 40

Financing human-centred COVID-19 recovery and decisive climate action worldwide: International cooperation’s twenty-first century moment of...

This Working Paper provides a concrete illustration of how the existing international financial architecture could be activated more fully to mobilize the large sums required to respond decisively to the “great divergence” in COVID-19 crisis...

Promoting Social Cohesion and Peaceful Coexistence in Fragile Contexts through TVET -Facilitator handbook

Facilitator handbook to accompany the Guide for TVET practitioners

Policy brief

COVID-19 and the ASEAN labour market: Impact and policy response

This policy brief highlights the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on labour markets in the ASEAN region and looks at possible recovery scenarios. The brief shows estimates and projections of working-hour and employment losses, increased unemployment...