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Informal economy

The state of informal employment in Mongolia: Survey report

This report presents the results of the 2021 Informal Employment Survey for Mongolia, which was undertaken to understand the current state of informal employment in the country.

Selected extracts

Extending social health protection: Accelerating progress towards Universal Health Coverage in Asia and the Pacific

The publication is a selection of country cases from, Extending Social Health Protection: Accelerating progress towards universal Health Protection in Asia and the Pacific. It documents country experiences and lessons learned on the extension of...

Social protection

Extending social health protection: Accelerating progress towards Universal Health Coverage in Asia and the Pacific

This regional report documents and analyses country experiences and lessons on the extension of social health protection coverage in the Asia and the Pacific region. It provides a detailed account of progress made, challenges encountered and...

The tourism sector

ILO research highlights massive COVID-19 impact on tourism employment in Asia and the Pacific

Asia–Pacific tourism industry left reeling from job losses, deterioration in work quality and shifts towards increased informality.

Thematic brief

COVID-19 and employment in the tourism sector in the Asia–Pacific region

A brief from the ILO highlights COVID-19 impacts on tourism employment in Asia and the Pacific that have left the sector reeling from job losses, deterioration in work quality and shifts towards increased informality.

UN Joint Programme in Mongolia

Social Protection Diagnostic Review and Financing Strategy Study for Mongolia

ILO-led UN Joint Programme “Extending Social Protection to Herders with Enhanced Shock Responsiveness” begins its flagship study, Social Protection Diagnostic Review.

Asia-Pacific labour market insights

Labour productivity trends in Asia and the Pacific highlight uneven COVID-19 impacts

Enhanced labour productivity is key to boost living standards and is prioritized in the Sustainable Development Goals. In Asia and the Pacific, growth in labour productivity has been instrumental in reducing poverty in recent decades.

Decent Work podcast series for coal truck drivers (in Mongolian)

The Podcast series was produced by the Confederation of Mongolian Trade Unions with support of the ILO project on Promoting Formal Employment for Inclusive and Diversified Economic Growth in Mongolia.

Interview

Herder’s peer-to-peer approach to extend social protection to herders

In September 2020, 32 herders, herder cooperative representatives, lifelong education teachers, social insurance officers, and trade union delegates from five soums (lower administration unit of the province) in Zavkhan province attended a two-day...

Social insurance for herders

A handbook for herders contains comprehensive information about social protection. The handbook is available only in Mongolian.

ILO COOP holds follow up activities as part of the project on Strengthen Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) policy in Asia

A number of follow-up activities are being held to disseminate key outputs of the project on Strengthening SSE Policy in Asia.

Q&A

Harnessing CRM software as a tool to professionalize EBMO management and operations – Engaging business units in the informal economy

Throughout the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Mongolian Employers Confederation (MONEF) has been accelerating its efforts to work with all relevant ministries, state agencies, and other key stakeholders to create an environment conducive to...

Interview

10 years on from the ILO Domestic Workers Convention: What has changed?

Over half of the world’s domestic workers are in Asia and the Pacific. 10 years on from the adoption of the Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189), Anna Olsen, Technical Specialist at the International Labour Organization’s TRIANGLE in ASEAN...

An intro video: The self-learning handbook on OSH for herders (in Mongolian)

The Ministry of Labour and Social Protection produced this video in cooperation with Ololt amjilt LLC.

Occupational safety and health handbook for herders (in Mongolian)

Guidebook for policymakers, workers’ and employers’ organizations and other stakeholders

Extending social security to workers in the informal economy: Lessons from international experience

For most workers in the informal economy, the lack of social protection is a challenge not only in their daily struggles to make ends meet but in their aspirations to obtain decent work, rights and dignity. For the societies in which they live, the...

Organizing for change: Workers in the informal economy (in Mongolian)

The video was translated from English into Mongolian and produced by the Confederation of Mongolian Trade Unions with support of the ILO project on Promoting Formal Employment for Inclusive and Diversified Economic Growth in Mongolia.

Is public sector employment a haven in the COVID-19 jobs crisis?

It looks as if job opportunities in the public sector have provided a respite from the shrinking private sector during the dark days of the COVID-19 crisis, at least for some women.

RatifyC190: Tuesday Testimonial Campaign in Mongolia (2021-2022)

From actors to politicians, activists to athletes – a wide range of influential people from various sectors of Mongolian society have joined forces to urge ratification of C190, the very first international treaty to recognize the right of everyone...

RatifyC190: 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence campaign in Mongolia (2022)

The 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Campaign is an international campaign held every year from 25 November (International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women) to 10 December (Human Rights Day) since 1991 with...