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Social Finance Brief: Insurance for MSMEs in Mexico
The ILO’s Impact Insurance Facility has been collaborating with the Mexican Association of Insurance Institutions to build inclusive insurance markets for excluded persons and for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the country. This...
ILO holds an orientation session on the Guidelines concerning Statistics of Cooperatives
During the two day orientation session, organized by ILO COOP Unit and the STATISTICS Department, ILO staff, partners and representatives from national advisory committees for the five country case studies discussed the best way forward in...
ILO in action
Improve the lives of labour migrants in Central America
Labour Migration Specialist, Noortje Denkers describes the ILO's work on labour migration across Central America, including the development of public policy and the promotion of employment for labour migrants and refugees.
ILO in action
We promote responsible business conduct in Latin America and the Carribean
ILO Chief Technical Advisor, Olga Orozco, speaks from Peru about the Responsible Business Conduct project in Latin America and the Caribbean (RBCLAC), which aims to promote smart, sustainable and inclusive growth in the EU and in Latin America and...
The ILO and the UNTFSSE participated in Pact for Impact’s event on Social and Solidarity Economy
The Chair of the UNTFSSE and the ILO’s Enterprises Department Director, Mr Vic van Vuuren, spoke at the Pact for Impact event “For an International Recognition of the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE)” on 4th March 2022.
Publication
Productive transformation and sectoral policies during the COVID-19 crisis in El Salvador and Costa Rica
Employment policies that promote productive transformation are key to promoting job-rich growth. In this context, the current report reviews the past experience of two small open economies, Costa Rica and El Salvador, in introducing policies aimed...
Labour Overview series for Latin America and the Caribbean 2021
2021 Labour Overview, Latin America and the Caribbean - Executive Summary
The 2021 Employment Outlook describes a mixed bag scenario for employment and suggests that pre-pandemic levels will be reached by 2023 or even 2024.
12th Academy on Social and Solidarity Economy – High-level panel 2: Partnerships for inclusive and sustainable development: SSE ecosystems...
12th Academy on Social and Solidarity Economy - Plenary Session 5: The importance of statistical instruments in measuring the SSE
A methodology to estimate the needs of workers and their families
Estimating the needs of workers and their families in Costa Rica
ILO COOP contributes to the 2021 CIRIEC international conference
The ILO initiative on the implementation of the guidelines concerning statistics of cooperatives was introduced to the global research community on social and solidarity economy.
ILO COOP held meetings with Statistics Korea and SK for pilot testing of international guidelines on statistics of cooperatives
Our impact, their voices
Costa Rica reaffirms its commitment to eradicating forced labour
On 16 November 2020, Costa Rica became the 47th country worldwide to ratify the Forced Labour Protocol and the fifth to do so in Latin America and the Caribbean. Costa Rica reinforces its firm commitment to combat all forms of forced labour by this...
Wages and working conditions in the coffee sector: the case of Costa Rica, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia and Viet Nam
Background note
Wages and working conditions in the banana sector: the case of Costa Rica, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, and Viet Nam
Background note
ILO COOP 100 Interview
ILO Interview with Mr Manuel Marino, previous Regional Director for International Cooperatives Alliance (ICA) Americas, Cooperative and...
Established in March 1920, the ILO’s Cooperatives Unit marks its Centenary in 2020. On this occasion, the ILO COOP 100 Interview series features past and present ILO colleagues and key partners who were closely engaged in the ILO's work on...
Indicators and methodologies for wage setting
An ILO project supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands
Regional or country brief
Women in Business in Central America
Case studies from Costa Rica, El Salvador, Mexico (Chihuahua) and Panama show that women’s success as business owners and employers can be influenced by the size of their enterprise, the economic sectors in which they operate, their education and...
Women in Business and Management
Sharp rise in women-owned businesses in Central America
Case studies from Costa Rica, El Salvador, Mexico (Chihuahua) and Panama show that women’s success as business owners and employers can be influenced by the size of their enterprise, the economic sectors in which they operate, their education and...