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

Can better working conditions improve the performance of SMEs? :An international literature review

This study reviews the literature on the link between working conditions, safety and health, skills development and productivity in SMEs, revealing evidence of an association between good workplace practices and various types of positive...

Rural policy briefs

Promoting rural development through occupational safety and health

Most people in rural areas face particularly poor and hazardous working conditions coupled with a lack of social protection. Integrated approaches that include promoting rural workers’ health and safety are fundamental to ensure decent and...

Lessons learned from a Randomized Controlled Trial using SIYB in Uganda

The Youth Employment Network Brief Issue 3: Getting it right from the baseline, outlines the lessons learned from an evaluation conducted in Uganda on how to stimulate growth among youth entrepreneurs using SIYB.

Business Opportunities and Support Services [BOSS-Irish Aid] (Midterm Evaluation Summary)

Project TIM/10/02/IRL - Evaluation consultants: Christian Schoen / Vino Mousaco

The law-growth nexus: Labour law and the enabling business environment for SME in Kenya, South Africa and Zambia (Phase 2) (Final...

Project RAF/10/09/NAD - Evaluation consultant: Mei Zegers

Pro-poor horticulture value chains in Upper Egypt (Final Joint Evaluation Summary)

Project EGY/11/50/UND - Joint programme One UN Ethiopia Fund - Partner agencies: ILO UNICEF UNDP UNESCO UNOPS UNODC UNFPA UN Women WFP: Total Budget: $7,500,000 ILO:1,005,800; UNDP: 3,246,561; UNIFEM: 725,888; UNIDO: 2,521,455;...

Stakeholder Process Facilitator's Guide - Acting in an intercultural context

The ILO has developed the SCORE programme that supports small and medium sized enterprise to grow and create more and better jobs by improving their competitiveness through better quality, productivity and workplace practices. Within the programme,...

Zambia Federation of Employers - BUSINESS AGENDA

This document presents an agenda for strategy for business advocacy in Zambia from 2014 to 2016. It is a result of Group Focused Discussions held through workshops in Lusaka for various member-based business organizations in the private sector....

The enabling environment for sustainable enterprises in Lesotho- Report

The enabling environment for sustainable enterprises in Zambia

Employment Sector - Employment Report No. 22

Training package on workplace risk assessment and management for small and medium-sized enterprises

This training package on risk assessment and management at the workplace seeks primarily to empower owners and managers of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to take action themselves to improve safety and health conditions in their...

The Informal Economy and Decent Work: A Policy Resource Guide supporting transitions to formality

This practical Policy Resource Guide is the first initiative to bring together a synthesis of knowledge, policy innovations and good practices facilitating transition to formality.

2012 Labour Overview. Latin America and the Caribbean.

New labour indicators for Latin America and the Caribbean portray a region that is experiencing its finest moment despite the crisis in other latitudes. We now face the challenge of taking advantage of this platform to remedy deficits that dampen...

"Is Small Still Beautiful?"

Literature Review of Recent Empirical Evidence on the Contribution of SMEs to Employment Creation

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Improving Productivity in Microenterprises by Reducing Occupational Safety and Health Risks

The enabling environment for sustainable enterprises in Malawi

Employment Sector - Employment Report No. 20

Resilience in a Downturn: The power of financial cooperatives

This report reviews the performance of financial cooperatives, looking in particular at the aftermath of the 2007-2008 crisis and the continuing long austerity period. It explains why financial cooperatives have proven to be more resilient pointing...

Improved livelihoods of empowered Namibian rural communities through cultural tourism (Final Evaluation Summary)

Project NAM/08/51/UND - Donor for this Joint Project is the Millennium Development Goals Achievement Fund Total Budget: US$ 6,000,000; UNESCO: 3,838,493 UN-Habitat: 877,507; UNEP: 353,100; ILO: 930,900

The enabling environment for sustainable enterprises in Malawi

Employing persons with disabilities: guideline for employers

The objective of these guidelines is to provide practical guidance and advise for employers on the managing disability issues in the workplace.