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Youth employment

Promotion of decent work for plantation and rural youth in Sri Lanka

The project contributes to poverty reduction by helping rural youth enter the labour market. By developing the capacity of local staff and institutions, it also improves labour market and employment services. In addition, it works closely with...

Sri Lanka’s working poor

This paper presents a profile of Sri Lanka's working poor in terms of stock and characteristics; attributes associated with the probability of being working poor, and the reasons why the employed poor earn too little to overcome poverty.

Promoting employment-intensive growth in Sri Lanka: policy analysis of the manufacturing and service sectors

This paper examines the employment effect of growth in manufacturing sector industries in Sri Lanka covering a period of 17 years from 1990.

ILO Enterprise Projects for Women in Vavuniya North

ILO LEED Project introduces TREE methodology for economic empowerment of conflict-affected women in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka.

Mainstreaming child labour issues in key development policies and programmes

Sri Lanka: Report on a preliminary review. This Report is based on a review of selected policies in Sri Lanka, done by Centre for Poverty (CEPA), under an ILO-IPEC initiative. The exercise was undertaken with a view to advocating for mainstreaming...

Changing a young man's life

By R. Sivapragasam, Senior Training Specialist, ILO Office in Colombo. (Batticaloa, Sri Lanka) Many young people in Sri Lanka have to drop out of school to support their families. 17-year-old Thangavel Nadesaseelan, from a remote village in...

Youth unemployment a challenge in Asia and the Pacific

Young Asian women and men are increasingly finding it difficult to get jobs. This article looks at the situation in Japan, New Zealand, the Philippines and Sri Lanka. By Kee Beom Kim, Labour Economist, ILO Regional Office for Asia and the...

Conference on Zero Worst Forms of Child Labour by 2016 Child Sharing experiences to achieve the goal 21-23 June 2010 Colombo

By Ms Tine Staermose, Director, ILO Office in Sri Lanka

How Much Does Business Really Bring to HIV Response? Quantifying In-Kind and Financial Contributions of the Private Sector

Session 6: Adequate earnings and productive work, Sri Lanka

Information on Informal Employment from Nepal Labour Force Surveys

Session 5: Introduction to Regional Initiatives on Measuring Informal Employment: Cases of Bangladesh and Sri Lanka

National policy on HIV and AIDS in the world of work in Sri Lanka

The National Policy on HIV and AIDS in the world of work aims to guide the national response to prevention of HIV and AIDS, treatment care and support and mitigate and manage its impact in the workplace.

Sri Lanka's Roadmap 2016 on the Worst Forms of Child Labour. From Commitment to Action

This publication has been elaborated by the Ministry of Labour Relations and Productivity Promotion Government of Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka's roadmap 2016 on the worst forms of child labour - From commitment to action

Sri Lanka's Roadmap 2016 on the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour is based on extensive consultations with the members of the National Steering Committee on Child Labour, including the Ministry of Labour, the National Child Protection...

Informal economy

Informal economy in Sri Lanka

Qualifications Frameworks: Implementation and Impact - Background case study on Sri Lanka

G.A.K. Gajaweera, independent researcher

Physical disability no barrier to young Sri Lankan entrepreneur

By Henrik Vistisen & Gihan Thalgodapitiya, Youth Employment Project, (ILO/Japan), Sri Lanka (Kegalle, Sri Lanka) Puspakumara turns on the light and positions his wheelchair in front of a workbench at his electronics repair shop. Television...

International Migration Papers No. 107

International migration and employment in the post-reforms economy of Sri Lanka

In this paper on International migration and employment in the post-reforms economy of Sri Lanka, Mr. Piyasiri Wickramasekara, Senior Migration Specialist, International Migration Programme of the ILO, reviews the impact of market oriented economic...

High-Level Seminar on Eight Fundamental International Labour Conventions Male, Republic of Maldives 8 – 10 March 2010

By Ms Tine Staermose, Director, ILO Office in Sri Lanka