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2017 Labour Overview of Latin America and the Caribbean

The 2017 Labour Overview of Latin America and the Caribbean summarizes economic trends in the countries of the region in 2017 and analyses the impact on labour markets observed this year, as well as expected results for 2018. This year’s feature...

Skills for Green Jobs Study – Guyana

Skills for green jobs in key sectors such as mining, forestry and agriculture have been prioritized due to environmental and climate change impacts they have. Moreover, Guyana is investing in skills for new green occupations, in priority areas...

2017 Labour Overview of Latin America and the Caribbean- Executive Summary

The 2017 Labour Overview of Latin America and the Caribbean summarises economic trends in the countries of the region in 2017 and analyses the impact on labour markets observed this year, as well as expected results for 2018. This year’s Feature...

The enabling environment for sustainable enterprises in Guyana

This report analyses how Guyana performs with respect to each pillar, assessing strengths and weaknesses. A national perceptions survey focusing on 9 of the 17 pillars enriched the findings. The report hopes to stimulate debate and provide an...

ILO: In 2017 unemployment rose for the third consecutive year in Latin America and the Caribbean, but is expected to go down next year

The rate will decline in 2018 if all the forecasts for economic growth are maintained, says the ILO on presenting the annual Labour Overview of Latin America and the Caribbean report. The region presented mixed challenges, with some signs of...

Guyana on its way to high-value markets: finding export potential in the vegetable and fruit sector - Market Analysis Report

This report adopts a market systems approach to analysis by focussing on bottlenecks and constraints in the supporting functions and rules to target high growth, high potential value chains. By addressing constraints in these supporting functions...

Barbados joins Regional Initiative - Latin America and the Caribbean Free of Child Labour

ILO: Many are being left behind in the labour markets of Latin America and the Caribbean

At the XX Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor (IACML) of the OAS this week in Barbados, the Regional Director of the International Labour Organization (ILO) addressed the need to tackle a series of gaps encumbering the labour markets in...

Migration, Diasporas and the Future of Work in the Caribbean: Dr Keith Nurse, Senior Fellow, Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and...

Employment Situation in Latin America and the Caribbean

A new joint ECLAC-ILO Report which indicates that labour conditions deteriorated in a context of low regional economic growth, although some signs of recovery exist

Employment Situation in Latina America and the Caribbean (nº17): The transition of young people from school to the labour market

In a new joint report, ECLAC and the ILO indicate that labour conditions deteriorated in a context of low regional economic growth, although some signs of recovery exist.

New report ECLAC/ILO

Urban unemployment will keep rising in Latin America and the Caribbean and is seen reaching 9.4% in 2017

In a new joint report, ECLAC and the ILO indicate that labour conditions deteriorated in a context of low regional economic growth, although some signs of recovery exist.

Latin America and the Caribbean

ILO highlights massive decent work deficit for youth

Over 50 million young people in Latin America and the Caribbean face a labour market characterised by unemployment, informality and a lack of opportunities. They represent a major challenge, which was discussed at a preparatory meeting ahead of the...

Sector selection - Guyana

Finding Export and Value Add Opportunities in Thin Markets

The weight of mango and hot pepper value chains to enhance productive employment in Guyana.

The Future of Work We Want: The Voice of Youth and Different Perspectives from Latin America and the Caribbean. (ILO Americas 2017/7)

The report included in this publication is a first look at the perspectives and expectations of Latin American youth regarding the future of work. The report offers some conclusions based on the key results of both surveys, which we hope will...

Employment in Latin America and the Caribbean

China trade, investment and projects create 1.8 million jobs in Latin America and the Caribbean

The first research carried out on the impact of economic relations with China on the volume and quality of employment in the region highlights the lack of knowledge on the subject, and sheds light on a relationship that has intensified and is taking...

Rapid assessment of child labour in Guyana

This Rapid Assessment is part of a South-South Cooperation initiative funded through the Brazil-ILO Cooperation Programme, within the context of the ILO’s Regional Initiative: Latin America and the Caribbean Free of Child Labour (RI). The assessment...

Rapid assessment of child labour in Saint Lucia

This Rapid Assessment is part of a South-South Cooperation initiative funded through the Brazil-ILO Cooperation Programme, within the context of the ILO’s Regional Initiative: Latin America and the Caribbean Free of Child Labour (RI). The assessment...

Effects of China on the quantity and quality of jobs in Latin America and the Caribbean

After reviewing the evolution of the economic relations between China and Latin America in trade, direct foreign investment and infrastructure projects, the following sections present an overview, as far as the limited information allows, of the...

Formalization of the informal economy - Garlands and Granville, St. James: A qualitative needs analysis

This Report is a qualitative needs analysis of the pilot communities and examines a lot of the social conditions which existed at the time of the ILO’s intervention. It was produced during phase 1 of the Project.