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

Labour law, the business environment and growth of micro and small enterprises - Sri Lanka

Part of a series of four country studies commissioned by the ILO to research the impact of labour laws and the cost of regularization on entrepreneurs’ decisions to formalize their business.

Policies for the formalization of micro and small enterprises in Colombia.

Policies for the formalization of micro and small enterprises in Chile.

Entrepreneurship and SME Management Training

The ILO approach to training for entrepreneurs - Sustainable Enterprises

Value Chain Development for more and better jobs

The ILO approach to value chain development - Sustainable Enterprises

Responsible Workplace Practices

The ILO approach to responsible workplace practices - Sustainable Enterprises

ILO Market Opportunity Mapping in Somalia

This report provides an evidence-based strategy for increasing employment opportunities and skills training for youths, women and IDPs in Baidoa and Beletweyne districts in Somalia.

SIYB Implementation Guide

The SIYB Implementation Guide is intended as a practical tool to support the introduction and roll out of SIYB activities at country level. It provides step-by-step guidance for the successful implementation of SIYB in a given context, covering the...

Maternity Protection in SMEs: An international review [Summary]

This report reviews the key international literature on the outcomes of maternity protection in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). It also addresses the questions of how, to what extent and under what conditions maternity protection in SMEs...

Maternity Protection in SMEs: An international review

This report reviews the key international literature on the outcomes of maternity protection in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). It also addresses the questions of how, to what extent and under what conditions maternity protection in SMEs...

Labour law, the business environment and growth of micro and small enterprises - Nepal

part of a series of four country studies commissioned by the ILO to research the impact of labour laws and the cost of regularization on entrepreneurs’ decisions to formalize their business.

Cooperatives and the World of Work Series No. 2

Cooperating out of isolation: Domestic workers’ cooperatives

This note on ways cooperatives provide a way out of precarious and informal working arrangements for domestic workers, is the third in the series on Cooperatives and the World of Work.

Labour law, the business environment and growth of micro and small enterprises - India

Part of a series of four country studies commissioned by the ILO to research the impact of labour laws and the cost of regularization on entrepreneurs’ decisions to formalize their business.

ESS Paper Series (SECSOC) - ESS 45

Can productivity in SMEs be increased by investing in workers' health?

This study investigates the major causes of inadequate or non-existent social protection coverage of workers in SMEs, in both the formal and informal economy, and identifies barriers regarding coverage and access to social protection in health,...

Formalization

Labour law, the business environment and growth of micro and small enterprises - Bangladesh

Part of a series of four country studies commissioned by the ILO to research the impact of labour laws and the cost of regularization on entrepreneurs’ decisions to formalize their business.

Improve Your Exhibiting Skills: A Training Guide (IYES)

Improve Your Exhibiting Skills (IYES) is a training package for facilitators to enhance women's capacity to access and participate in trade fairs, in part through the organization of women-only trade fairs, as well as through their participation in...

Employment creation through small and medium scale enterprise development in Free State (Midterm Evaluation Summary)

Project SAF/10/01/FLA - Evaluation consultant: Valerie Flanagan

Strategic Policy Framework for Improved Business Climate for Sustainable Enterprises in Macedonia

This documents builds on the EESE assessment and makes recommendations that will be of benefit to policy-makers, social partners, business associations and civil society in their efforts to create a business climate that will improve the...

The enabling environment for sustainable enterprises in the FYR of Macedonia.

This evaluation of the business environment of the FYR of Macedonia presents a comprehensive assessment of the 17 conditions of an enabling environment for enterprise development as it was proposed by the International Labour Conference of 2007.

2014 Labour Overview. Latin America and the Caribbean.

The 2014 Labour Overview of Latin America and the Caribbean is characterized by slower economic growth. Following a decade of robust growth, during which the region created jobs and improved the quality of employment, there is uncertainty and...