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

2013 Labour Overview. Latin America and the Caribbean.

Twenty years after the Labour Overview was first published, we analyze the challenges facing Latin America and the Caribbean today. We also take a retrospective look at two very distinct decades for the labour markets of the region and envision the...

Vocational skills training in Mogadishu, Somalia

Skills training to improve employability of vulnerable children associated with armed conflict forces and groups in Mogadishu, Somalia

Sexual harassment in garment factories: firm structure, organizational culture and incentive systems

Analyzing a micro-data set of worker demographics and workplace characteristics in Haitian, Jordanian and Indonesian apparel factories, we test four hypotheses concerning the determinants of reports of sexual harassment. These include the vertical...

Enhancing Zambian SME’s competitiveness and access to finance

Between 2010 and 2012 The African Development Bank (AfDB) supported a national programme that provided loans to selected SMEs through a number of commercial banks in the country. Crucial to this overall programme was the provision of technical...

Engaging private enterprises in promoting Social Protection Floors: Public-Private Partnership

In 2014 some 73 per cent of the world population did not enjoy adequate social protection. Some 39 per cent have no access to health care at all. One in two children lives in poverty. Only 12 per cent of the unemployed receive unemployment benefit,...

Sustaining Competitive and Responsible Enterprise

Sustaining Competitive and Responsible Enterprises (SCORE) is a practical training and in-factory counseling programme that improves productivity and working conditions in SMEs. The product demonstrates best international practice in the...

Employment Promotion Project following the Earthquake in Mianzhu, Sichuan Province, China

In May 2008 an earthquake registering 8.0 on the Richter scale struck the Sichuan province in China. Official statistics state that over 45 million people were affected, including 69,163 deaths. Approximately 6.5 million homes were destroyed and...

Empowering Union Participation for Strengthening the Role of the Viet Nam General Confederation of Labour in Better Work Viet Nam

The partnership is supporting workers’ organizations within Better Work – a multi-country innovative partnership between the ILO and the International Finance Corporation aiming at improving compliance with national labour laws and core labour...

Building Capacity for Social Compliance of Investments in Agriculture in Africa

The Africa Agriculture and Trade Investment Fund (AATIF), emerged through a private-public partnership initiated by KfW on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development and Deutsche Bank. It aims to realize the ...

The Youth Entrepreneurship Facility’s Youth-to-Youth Fund in East Africa: Public-Private Partnership

The Youth Entrepreneurship Facility (YEF) enables African youth to turn their ideas into business opportunities aimed at increasing their income and the creation of decent work for themselves and others. It is a public-private partnership (PPP)...

Leaflet of SCORE Project in Indonesia (in Bahasa Indonesia)

Contaıns explanatıon of what SCORE Program is, the benefıts and the crıterıa of SMEs that could partıcıpate. SCORE program ıs an enterprise training program that teaches cutting-edge procedures to increase product quality and production efficiency,...

Can Better Working Conditions Improve the Performance of SMEs? An international literature review

This research has been commissioned by the International Labour Office (ILO) as a contribution to the Global Product 154 and the Area of Critical Importance, Productivity and working conditions in Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs).

Dual dimensions of non-regular work and SMEs in the Republic of Korea: Country case study on labour market segmentation

Employment Working Paper No. 148

A training manual for managers and workers (in Bahasa Indonesia)

Consists of 5 modules. Translated from the English SCORE modules. Each module has also a trainer guide which is limited only for the trainers.

The 5 Business Killers in Montenegro.

The enabling environment for sustainable enterprises in Montenegro.

This evaluation of the business environment of Montenegro 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.

An agenda for improving the business climate in Moldova.

The 7 Obstacles for Business in Moldova.

The enabling environment for sustainable enterprises in Moldova.

This evaluation of the business environment of Moldova 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.

The enabling environment for sustainable enterprises in Botswana

This evaluation of the business environment of Botswana 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.