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ILO Working paper 88

The impact of Covid-19 on South African migrant wage workers and the self-employed

When Covid-19 struck the South African government declared some of the strictest lockdowns worldwide. The impact of lockdowns on the working classes was especially severe. Initially many workers were left with no income, leading to warnings that a...

Feasibility study

Skills recognition mechanism for selected occupational profiles of migrant workers in Ethiopia, Kenya and South Africa

The ILO Country Office for Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somalia, Sudan and South Sudan, and for the Special Representative to the AU and the ECA, through its “Better Regional Migration Management” project financed by the United Kingdom’s Foreign,...

Participation and employment in seven developing economies: An age-period-cohort analysis

This paper aims at comparing various characteristics of labour force participation and employment, either formal or informal, for both men and women in several emerging or developing economies of different regions using pseudo panels and the...

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Drivers of risk and resilience in South Africa’s tourism sector: A snapshot

Executive Summary

Challenges and Opportunities for Small Tourism Businesses in South Africa

Examining Pathways to a more Resilient System

Challenges and Opportunities for Small Tourism Businesses in South Africa

Examining Pathways to a more Resilient System

ILO Working paper 86

Negotiations by workers in the informal economy

This paper provides empirical evidence from Africa, Asia and the Americas on negotiations and collective bargaining by workers in the informal economy.

What has been driving work-to-work transitions in the emerging world? A comparative study of Indonesia and South Africa

South African woman uses digital technologies to reach new markets with her poultry business

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Comparative Study of Rapid Assessments of Reskilling and Upskilling Needs due to the Covid-19 Crisis

Digital Skills for Decent Jobs for Youth

Boosting youth employability through digital skills

UN Partnership for Action on Green Economy (PAGE) South Africa Transition

Close Out Ceremony

ILO 8.7 Accelerator Lab training

Detention of foreign fishing vessel in South Africa follows ILO training on forced labour

The Social and Solidarity Economy as an agent of social innovation in Africa

An ILO research report on the contribution of SSE to social innovation in Africa is now available in English and French

Indonesian Fishersmen in South Africa

Presentation of ILO in "Capacity Building Programme on Labour Inspection and Forced Labour Detection on Board Fishing Vessels," Bali, 22-23 September 2022.

Social and solidarity economy: Social innovation catalyst in Africa?

The report illustrates and characterizes the social innovation processes carried out by Social and Solidarity Economy Organizations (SSEOs) in five African countries (South Africa, Cameroon, Morocco, Senegal and Tunisia). By analysing practical...

Information Note: Boosting Decent Jobs and Enhancing Skills for Youth in South Africa's Digital Economy

The information note provides an overview of the ILO/ITU/UNDP/AU Joint Programme on Boosting Decent Jobs and Enhancing Skills for Youth in South Africa's Digital Economy. The Note describes the goal and approach of the Joint Programme as well as...

ILO/ITU/AU Joint Programme

Call for Participants: Youth Advisory Group on Digital Jobs

ILO, Governments of South Africa and Switzerland launch “Productivity Ecosystems For Decent Work” Programme

The Productivity Ecosystems for Decent Work Programme identifies root causes of low productivity and decent work deficits and develops capacity and ownership of local and national actors to address them.

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