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

Employment-Intensive Investment Programme (EIIP) Technical Brief

Green works

Green Works refer to the employment intensive development, restoration and maintenance of public infrastructure, community assets, natural areas and landscapes to contribute to environmental goals such as adaptation to climate change and natural...

Rokin Banks’ responses to the COVID-19 outbreak in Japan

Like any other country, the population and economy of Japan are badly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The preliminary figures for real GDP in the second quarter of 2020 show a decline of 7.8%. Rokin Banks (a network of 13 union-led cooperative...

COVID-19 Pandemic in the World of Work

ILO Monitor: COVID-19 and the world of work. 6th edition

ILO Country brief

COVID-19 and the labour market in Argentina: The challenge of fighting the pandemic and its socio-economic impact at a time of severe...

ILO Country study

Rapid Country Assessment: South Africa - The impacts from a COVID-19 shock to South Africa's economy and labour...

This rapid assessment considers the likely impact of the COVID crisis on enterprises and livelihoods and incomes of workers – regular and non-regular, protected and unprotected. It checks the policy responses to the economic crisis and examines...

ILO Country brief

Rapid Diagnostic Assessment of Employment Impacts under COVID-19 in Lebanon

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on jobs and incomes in G20 economies

Updated version of the ILO-OECD Covid-19 report, presented at the Leaders' Summit (virtual meeting, 21-22 November 2020)

Women at Work in G20 countries: Progress and policy action

Joint ILO-OECD Women at Work report 2020, prepared for the 3rd Employment Working Group (EWG) meeting under the Saudi G20 Presidency (virtual meeting, 19-20 August 2020)

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on jobs and incomes in G20 economies

Joint ILO-OECD Covid-19 report, prepared for the 3rd Employment Working Group (EWG) meeting under the Saudi G20 Presidency (virtual meeting, 19-20 August 2020)

Social protection responses to COVID-19 in Asia and the Pacific: The story so far and future considerations

The COVID-19 crisis has fundamentally shaken societies and economies across the Asia-Pacific region and the world. As some countries begin to enter what is likely to be a long recovery phase, this note, result of a collaborative effort of the...

COVID-19 and the world of work

Tourism sector in the English- and Dutch-speaking Caribbean. An overview and the impact of COVID-19 on growth and employment

The tourism sector is the major source of revenue and jobs in the Caribbean region, and the key or one of the main sustainability oriented pillars for virtually all mid- and long-term national development strategies. The COVID-19 induced collapse of...

Opportunities in times of tempest: Business recovery post Hurricanes Irma and Maria in the Caribbean. The case of Sint Maarten

This paper is Draft for Research. The mechanisms that motivate post-disaster business model adjustment in Small Island Developing States (SIDS), are largely understudied. With Sub National Island Jurisdictions (SNIJs) standing out through political...

Disaster preparedness and response

TC Harold - (Fiji) Community Based Emergency Employment (CBEE) report June 2020

The immediate objective of the Community Based Emergency Employment (CBEE) was to support food security and loss of income of the identified villages through a social protection lens.

ILO Brief

Impact of COVID19 on employment and business in the Pacific

To determine the impact of COVID19 on employment and business in the Pacific Island Countries, the ILO Pacific Office is working with its National Tripartite Constituents in the member countries to undertake Rapid Assessments (RA). RA’s for Fiji and...

COVID-19 Pandemic in the World of Work

ILO Monitor: COVID-19 and the world of work. 5th edition

ILO Country study

Portugal : Rapid assessment of the impact of COVID-19 on the economy and labour market

Natural disaster; conflict

Managing Conflicts and Disasters: Exploring Collaboration between Employers’ and Workers’ Organizations

This publication looks at the role that employers and workers, through their respective organizations, play in crisis situations arising from conflict and disaster.

Flyer: Panel discussion at the Geneva Peace Week 2019 - Trade, Jobs and Peace

Flyer: Panel discussion at the Geneva Peace Week 2019 -The Humanitarian, Development, Peace Nexus: The socio-economic contribution to peace

Report: Damage, loss and needs assessment: Odisha (India)

In response to the disaster situation caused by Cyclone Fani in Odisha in 2019, a damage, loss and needs assessment was undertaken in the State with the support of the UN, the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank.