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Jamaica takes the lead in the Caribbean in the fight against modern slavery

It ratifies the Forced Labour Protocol, during the International Labour Conference in Geneva, becoming the 14th country to do so worldwide.

Cluster and Productive Development Policies in the Autonomous Community of the Basque. Country. Lessons for Latin America and the...

Outcomes in the area of innovation have been even more impressive: R&D spending as a percentage of GDP rose from less than 0.06 per cent in the early 1980s to more than two per cent in 2011, slightly above the EU average (Crespi et al 2014).

Employment Situation in Latina America and the Caribbean (nº16)

New ECLAC-ILO report indicates that the increase in average regional unemployment in 2016 was the biggest annual rise in two decades. It also includes an analysis regarding the characteristics of immigrants’ insertion in the world of work.

WIBM: American regional conference, 2017, Lima - Factsheet

Women in business and management

Women in business and management: Gaining momentum in Latin America and the Caribbean

The report brings together data collected from an ILO global company survey and incorporates latest research from Latin America and the Caribbean to explore the status of women in business and management across the region.

Productive development, transition to formality and labour standards. Prioritary areas of work for the ilo in Latin America and the...

This publication contains three documents, one for each of the priorities. Each document provides a brief analysis of the situation and trends in the region's countries in each area and explains how it aligns with the ILO's mandates and global...

Labour migration in Latin America and the Caribbean. Diagnosis, Strategy and ILO's work in the Region. (ILO Technical Reports, 2016/2).

Labour migration is a complex phenomenon that represents challenges and opportunities, and that if it is well managed can maintain and often increase the economic growth of countries of destination and help reduce poverty in countries of origin.

Unemployment and the Informal Economy – Key Challenges for Women in Latin America

by José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, regional director of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) for Latin America and the Caribbean

International Women's Day

Female unemployment reached 9.8 per cent in Latin America and the Caribbean

Deteriorating working conditions particularly affect women in the labour market. In an article released this week on the occasion of International Women's Day, José Manuel Salazar, ILO Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean insists on...

A skilled workforce for sustainable growth and development by Senator, Dr. the Hon Esther Byer-Sookoo, Minister of Labour, Barbados - 24...

10th ILO Meeting of Caribbean Ministers of Labour, Session 5, Introductory Presentation

The Future of Work in the Caribbean – Shaping the future we want

The ILO Director General, Guy Ryder, participated in the opening of a regional Forum in Jamaica.

Thematic Labour Overview

Working in Rural Areas in the 21st Century - Reality and Prospects of Rural Employment in Latin America and the Caribbean

This Thematic Labour Overview examines the reality, recent trends and prospects of rural employment in Latin America and the Caribbean. It provides a brief, updated idea of what it means to “work in rural areas in the 21st century” in the region and...

Latin America and the Caribbean: Towards the first generation free of child labour

Ending child labour in all its forms requires reducing poverty, improving education, promoting gender equality and strengthening social protection. This document examines the links between Target 8.7 on the elimination of child labour and other...

Latin America and the Caribbean: towards the first generation free of child labour - Summary

This summary examines the interlinkages between Target 8.7 on the elimination of child labour and other Sustainable Development Goals. Drawing on thematic correlations and empirical evidence, it highlights how progress in poverty reduction,...

Panorama Laboral 2016

Unemployment increased sharply in Latin America and the Caribbean

The average unemployment rate reached 8.1 per cent, according to the annual report. There are 25 million people who are looking for work without success. The quality of employment has also deteriorated because of an increase in informality and...

Policies to formalize paid domestic work in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Domestic work is one of the occupations most affected by informality in Latin America and the Caribbean. It is estimated that around 18 million people are engaged in domestic work in the region, of which 77.5% are in the informal economy.

Video on the Formalization of the informal economy in Jamaica: Granville, Garlands/Horse Guard Project

Duration: 8.52 minutes

Second anniversary of the Regional Initiative Latin America and the Caribbean free of Child Labour

The regional initiative, with its 27 member countries, will help to achieve Target 8.7 of the SDGs

Labour situation in Latin America and the Caribbean

Labour indicators in Latin America and the Caribbean continue to deteriorate in the midst of regional economic contraction

ECLAC/ILO report indicates that urban unemployment increased during the first semester of 2016 and could reach 8.6 per cent for the year on average, with a marked variation between countries and subregions.

Rural employment

ILO: 52 million people working in rural areas in Latin America and the Caribbean

Greater efforts required to improve working conditions in the countryside, a new ILO regional report on rural employment says.