All publications: microenterprises + small enterprises + informal enterprises + value chains

Guide

Market Systems Analysis for Decent Work: A User-friendly Guide

The end-to-end process of a market systems analysis made simple

COVID-19 and the automotive industry

The automotive industry has been hit by a triple whammy: factory closures, supply chain disruption, and a collapse in demand. Just-in-time manufacturing processes have propagated the impact across the globe. Small and medium enterprises are among...

Full report

The Enter-Growth Programme: A decade on

Brief

Can development results last a decade? A sustainability assessment of an ILO enterprise development project in Sri Lanka

ILO Helpdesk for Business on International Labour Standards

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COVID-19 and the impact on agriculture and food security

While working to feed the world, many agricultural workers are unable to lift themselves out of poverty and food insecurity. As the pandemic spreads, the continued functioning of food supply chains is crucial in preventing a food crisis and reducing...

COVID-19 and the textiles, clothing, leather and footwear industries

The viability of the textiles, clothing, leather and footwear industries is unravelling, as workers are told to stay at home, factories close, and global supply chains grind to a halt. The cancellation of orders has hit thousands of firms and...

Accelerating tourism’s impact on jobs. Lessons from market system analysis in seven countries

Brief

Accelerating tourism’s impact on jobs

Working paper

EPUB Environmental integrity and doing business in Zimbabwe: Challenges and engagement of sustainable enterprises

The objective of this paper is to explore the views of different groups of the business community, including workers, managers and owners of the formal as well as of the informal economy, on how environmental integrity is being pursued in Zimbabwe....

Macadamia Market Systems Analysis Shan State, Myanmar

Macadamia Market Systems Analysis Shan State, Myanmar

Guidance Tool for Construction Companies in the Middle East

This Guidance Tool, developed by the ILO and the International Organisation of Employers (IOE), is intended for companies operating in the construction sector in the Middle East and particularly the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). Companies can use...

HoCo Hospitality Coaching

Raising quality & standards in local tourism

Training module for SMEs

Labour standards in global supply chains: How to meet them to become more competitive and sustainable. Training module for SMES and other...

The purpose of this training module is to help enterprises, in particular small - and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), understand the origins of these international frameworks, code of conduct for suppliers and audits, the different areas that they...

Brief

Doing more business and less aid: The journey of a market system development project in Afghanistan

Promoting value-added financial services

This report presents a synthesis of results and learning accrued from testing value-added financial services for small enterprises in Indonesia. The report draws from the technical assistance provided to several financial institutions across the...

Enterprise credit for manufacturing

Report on a survey of banks in West Java to understand internal policies and issues affecting the supply of enterprise credit in the manufacturing sector.

Does bundling credit and enterprise development services promote growth of micro and small enterprises?: Evidence from a randomized control...

Our study evaluates pilot projects that the ILO in Indonesia implemented with 13 financial service providers (FSPs). These pilots were carried out as part of the broader Promoting Micro and Small Enterprises through Improved Entrepreneurs’ Access to...

Brief

A systemic approach to creating more and better jobs