All publications: productivity

Applying the ILO’s Productivity Ecosystems for Decent Work Approach: A Practical Guide

This guide provides practical guidance for ILO country teams and partners on applying the Productivity Ecosystems for Decent Work approach. Drawing on country experiences, it offers an operational framework, examples and good practices for designing...

Can digital services help tackle the extension service dilemma?

Evidence and lessons on improving farmer practices at scale from the ILO’s An Ka Baara project in Mali.

Registration of individual businesses in Viet Nam: Drivers, challenges and lessons from international experience

This report examines the legal, institutional and policy environment governing individual businesses in Viet Nam and identifies opportunities to promote their formalization.

Aligning enterprise development with decent work objectives: A new paradigm for MSMEs policies

Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) generate most of the world's jobs and are central to inclusive economic growth. Yet too often, MSME policies assume that better employment outcomes will naturally follow from business development,...

International experiences in the development of Viet Nam’s private sector

This report examines international experiences in private sector and SME development from the Republic of Korea, China, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, India and Estonia.

Review of key policies supporting private sector development in Viet Nam

This report reviews the policy and regulatory framework supporting private sector development in Viet Nam, with a focus on SMEs.

Market systems development for decent work

Big talk, any walk?

What results from 100+ projects can tell us about market systems development effectiveness.

Research brief

The impact of GenAI on jobs, productivity and work organization: a review of the empirical evidence

This research brief reviews emerging empirical evidence on how generative AI is affecting jobs, productivity and work organization. It examines findings from experiments, firm-level data, platform studies and worker surveys to better understand how...

Research brief

Productivity and decent work: Achieving synergies between social and economic dimensions at the enterprise level

This research brief explores how productivity and decent work can be mutually reinforcing at the enterprise level, focusing on the relationship between human resource management and corporate social responsibility. It reviews emerging research and...

Research brief

Why Universal Basic Income is not the answer to the impact of AI on the labour market

This research brief examines how artificial intelligence (AI) may affect labour markets and discusses policy responses related to employment, productivity and income support. Drawing on historical examples and economic analysis, it explores how AI...

Research brief

The Aggregation Paradox of AI: Why do micro-economic productivity gains from AI disappear at scale

This research brief examines why strong productivity gains from artificial intelligence (AI) observed at the task and individual worker level have not yet translated into measurable productivity growth at the firm, sectoral or macroeconomic level....

Southern African Development Community

SADC Toolkit on mainstreaming decent work and labour productivity in key economic sectors

Report

Adoption of Artificial Intelligence and productivity growth in Kuwait’s private sector

Artificial intelligence is moving rapidly into day-to-day business operations, offering firms new opportunities to enhance productivity and competitiveness. This ILO report, based on enterprise-level insights from Kuwait, highlights how companies...

Productivity Ecosystems for Decent Work in Egypt

Enhancing productivity and improving working conditions in Egypt's leather tanning sector

This report presents key findings from the assessment of Egypt’s leather tanning sector.

Productivity Ecosystems for Decent Work in Egypt

Enhancing productivity and improving working conditions in Egypt's marble sector

This report presents key findings from the assessment of Egypt’s marble sector.

Productivity Ecosystems for Decent Work in Egypt

SCORE brochure in Egypt

This brochure presents the International Labour Organization's Sustaining Competitive and Responsible Enterprises (SCORE) tool, its process of implementation, real-life impact and eligibility criteria for interested enterprises in Egypt.

Ex-post study

What remains after exit? Evidence of lasting change in northern Afghanistan’s carpet sector

Findings from a low-cost ex-post review

Productivity ecosystems for decent work

International experiences of modernizing the organization and operation of employment services: Implications for Viet Nam

This report draws on international experiences in modernizing employment services to identify implications for Viet Nam, contributing to the ILO’s Decent Work Country Programme 2022–26 and supporting evidence-informed decision-making.

Fact sheet

Kingdom of Bahrain: The Employment, Environment, Climate Nexus Factsheet

Fact sheet

Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan: The Employment, Environment, Climate Nexus Factsheet