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

Unlocking opportunities to build a better normal

Resilient businesses and the pandemic: Unlocking opportunities to build a better normal: Towards gender-responsive and resilient micro-,...

This policy brief highlights strategic ways to unlock opportunities for MSMEs, capitalizing on various joint efforts towards recovering from the pandemic, rebuilding towards a better normal and promoting the creation of gender-inclusive, greener...

Diversification, jobs, and the COVID-19 recovery

Diversification, jobs, and the COVID-19 recovery: Exploring opportunities for economic diversification and productive employment in the...

The United Nations in the Philippines, in collaboration with the International Labour Organization, the United Nations Development Programme, and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization conducted a joint research on implementing an...

Policy Brief

Building Forward Fairer: Women’s rights to work and at work at the core of the COVID-19 recovery

This policy brief provides an outlook of where women stand in the labour market after more than a year into the COVID-19 pandemic.

ILO brief

COVID-19, vaccinations and consumer demand: How jobs are affected through global supply chains

COVID-19 led to a severe decline in global consumer demand that has only recovered partially in most countries so far. This brief assesses the number of jobs in global supply chains that are experiencing a negative impact due to the decline on...

Report

World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends 2021

In 2020, an estimated 8.8 per cent of total working hours were lost – the equivalent of the hours worked in one year by 255 million full-time workers. This report provides a comprehensive assessment of how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the...

Executive Summary

World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends 2021

In 2020, an estimated 8.8 per cent of total working hours were lost – the equivalent of the hours worked in one year by 255 million full-time workers. This summary indicator captures the various channels through which the pandemic has affected...

Factsheet

Global Wage Report 2020-21: Factsheet for the European Union

This factsheet provides key findings for the European Union from the ILO flagship Global Wage Report 2020-21

Assessment of the effects of Hurricane Maria and the COVID-19 pandemic and their impact on trade unions in Dominica. National preparedness,...

The overall objectives of this research are to acquire information on the effects of these identified national disasters from the period 2017 to 2020, and the impacts of national response and recovery actions on national trade unions and their...

Promoting Social Cohesion and Peaceful Coexistence in Fragile Contexts through TVET - Guide for TVET practitioners

This Guide aims to assist ILO constituents and technical and vocational education and training (TVET) practitioners to strengthen the role of skills development policies and programmes in peacebuilding efforts through inclusive learning...

ILO Working Paper 30

The impact of extreme weather on temporary work absence

The study examines the impact that extreme weather has on temporary work absence in Jamaica, a central concern given the country’s negative experience with such events. The study uses quarterly data containing key labour market indicators on an...

ILO Working Paper 26

Hurricanes and their implications for unemployment: Evidence from the Caribbean

Although extreme climate events pose significant challenges to labour markets, there is a paucity of empirical literature studying their impacts. The aim of the study is to investigate the impact of hurricane strikes on unemployment across a sample...

Brochure

Sustaining peace through decent work and employment

This brochure was jointly developed by the ILO and the UN Peacebuilding Support Office (PBSO) of the Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA). It aims to consider how underemployment and decent work deficits can exacerbate,...

Leading business in times of COVID crisis

Analysis of the activities of employer and business membership organizations in the COVID-19 pandemic and what comes next

Employer and business membership organizations (EBMOs) across the globe have been at the forefront of helping the businesses they represent to weather the COVID 19 crisis. EBMOs around the world have stepped up to deliver crucial services and...

Highlights

Overview of ‘Employer and business membership organizations: Leading enterprises in times of the COVID-19 crisis’

Employer and business membership organizations (EBMOs) across the globe have been at the forefront of helping the businesses they represent to weather the COVID 19 crisis. EBMOs around the world have stepped up to deliver crucial services and...

COVID-19 Pandemic in the World of Work

ILO Monitor: COVID-19 and the world of work. 7th edition

#MyFutureOfWork

The World of Work during the COVID-19 Pandemic and the ILO Response in Latin America and the Caribbean

The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered an unprecedented crisis in Latin America and the Caribbean. The health crisis has become a socioeconomic crisis, with a sharp decrease in economic activity and a devastating impact on the world of work.

ILO Country brief

Cameroon - Rapid evaluation of the impact of COVID-19 on employment and the labour market

ILO Country brief

Paraguay: Impacts of COVID-19 on employment and income generation

COVID-19 and the world of work

COVID-19 and the English- and Dutch-speaking Caribbean labour market. A rapid assessment of the impact on policy responses at the end of...

The report aims to take stock of the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the labour market in the region and provide a systematic review of the main policy measures implemented by governments and social partners of the region. The information...

ILO Country brief

Republic of Korea: A rapid assessment of the employment impacts of COVID-19