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

Youth employment creation through self-employment promotion and micro and small enterprise development in Timor -Leste rural areas

The publication has developed to contribute in employment creation through self-employment promotion and micro and small enterprise development.

2008 Labour Overview. Latin America and the Caribbean.

Urban unemployment declined for the fifth consecutive year in 2008 in Latin America and the Caribbean, but the international crisis brought to an end the positive trend and it is estimated that in 2009 the number of unemployed persons could...

ILO Sub-Regional Office for Southern Africa, Harare

HIV and AIDS Policy for the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in Zimbabwe

In an effort to effectively address HIV and AIDS within the SME sector, the Government, with the involvement of the SME sector and in consultation with relevant stakeholders, has drawn up the HIV and AIDS Policy for the Micro, Small and Medium...

Women’s entrepreneurship development in Vietnam

This study looks at the development patterns of women- and men-owned businesses in Viet Nam.

ILO/BDS Zambia: Developing Business Service Markets for Micro and Small Enterprises in Zambia (Final Evaluation Summary)

Project ZAM/03/01/SID

Start Your Business manual for potential entrepreneurs - An adapted edition for Trinidad and Tobago

This publication is an adapted version of the original publication that was produced by the ILO’s Start and Improve Your Business (SIYB) Regional Project Office, Harare, Zimbabwe and which has been widely used for the ILO's ‘Start and Improve Your...

Start and Improve Your Business (SIYB) QATAR 2006-2007 (Final Evaluation Summary)

Project QAT/05/01/SDQ - Evaluation consultant: Tim Dyce

Global agri-food chains : employment and social issues in fresh fruit and vegetables

Employment Working Paper No. 20

A view on international labour standards, labour law and MSEs

Employment Working Paper No. 18

Local Economic Development in Indonesia: Partnerships for tourism development

LED Story No. 13

Value Chain Development for Employment Promotion - Case of a VCD Pilot Project in Ningxia Autonomous Region

The project goal is to promote local economic and employment development by assisting SMEs to explore niche markets in value chains and improve their business operations.

Projet Croissance - Operationalizing Pro-Poor Growth Component I: Building a common policy understanding, Project Overview (Final...

Projects RAF/05/62/SID, RAF/05/63/SID, RAF/05/64/SID - Evaluation team: Agnès Deshormes (team leader), Mamy Ratolojanahari, Kaj Thorndahl and Theresa Smout

Start and Improve Your Business (SIYB) Papua New Guinea (Final Evaluation Summary)

Project PNG/03/02/AUS - Evaluator: Tony Powers

Projet Croissance - Operationalizing Pro-Poor Growth Component I: Building a common policy understanding /Madagascar) (Final Evaluation...

Project RAF/05/62/SID - Evaluation Team: Agnès Deshormes (team leader), Mamy Ratolojanahari, Kaj Thorndahl and Theresa Smout

Corporate social responsibility in the Chinese textile industry (Final Evaluation Summary)

Project CPR/06/04/SWI - Evaluation Team: Isabelle Schaller, Lydia Zhang

Integrating mass media in small enterprise development : current knowledge and good practices

Employment Working Paper No. 2

Challenging the myths about learning and training in small and medium-sized enterprises : implications for public policy?

Employment Working Paper No. 1

Social Finance Working Paper #49: Financial arrangements in informal apprenticeships

Determinants and effects: findings from urban Ghana

Labour and Labour-Related Laws in Micro and Small Enterprises: Innovative Regulatory Approaches

SEED Working Paper No. 81

Local Economic Development in Nicaragua: The Competitivity Agenda: Planning Dynamically

LED Story No. 12