All publications: productivity

ILO Working Paper 183

Monopsonic Power and Wage Dynamics: Insights from Cross-Country Labour Market Analysis

This working paper examines how employer market power shapes wage dynamics, labour market inequalities and productivity across countries. Drawing on comparative labour market data, it explores how differences in workers’ bargaining power and...

Country studies

Impacts of heat stress on jobs and productivity in Senegal

This study examines the current and projected impacts of heat stress on employment, labour productivity and economic activity in Senegal. It provides sector-specific estimates of productivity losses and policy recommendations to protect workers,...

Country studies

Impacts of heat stress on jobs and productivity in the Maldives

This study examines the current and projected impacts of heat stress on employment, labour productivity and economic activity in the Maldives. It provides sector-specific estimates of productivity losses and policy recommendations to protect...

Country studies

Impacts of heat stress on jobs and productivity in Lebanon

This study examines the current and projected impacts of heat stress on employment, labour productivity and economic activity in Lebanon. It provides sector-specific estimates of productivity losses and policy recommendations to protect workers,...

Country studies

Impacts of heat stress on jobs and productivity in Ghana

This study examines the current and projected impacts of heat stress on employment, labour productivity and economic activity in Ghana. It provides sector-specific estimates of productivity losses and policy recommendations to protect workers,...

Country studies

Impacts of heat stress on jobs and productivity in Sri Lanka

This study examines the current and projected impacts of heat stress on employment, labour productivity and economic activity in Sri Lanka. It provides sector-specific estimates of productivity losses and policy recommendations to protect workers,...

Country studies

Impacts of heat stress on jobs and productivity in Ethiopia

This study examines the current and projected impacts of heat stress on employment, labour productivity and economic activity in Ethiopia. It provides sector-specific estimates of productivity losses and policy recommendations to protect workers,...

Research brief

Artificial intelligence adoption in Chinese enterprises: Productivity effects, workforce implications, and policy challenges

This research brief explores the adoption of artificial intelligence in Chinese enterprises and its implications for productivity, employment and the world of work.

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