Employment promotion in Asia and the Pacific
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Key resources
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COVID-19 business resilience guides for manufacturers in Asia
Factories across Asia are facing severe impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic. Responding to the urgent needs of these manufacturers across the region, the ILO has developed a series of six action-oriented guides to help factories navigate the COVID-19 pandemic and to build factory business resilience.
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Labour market indicators profile for ASEAN member countries
This data set for 9 countries in the East and South East Asian region provides information on labour market and decent work indicators. It covers 11 thematic areas including employment opportunities, earnings, productivity, working children, equal opportunities, safety at work, social security and social dialogue.
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Asia-Pacific Employment and Social Outlook 2020: Navigating the crisis towards a human-centred future of work
The report pulls together the most recent statistics to generate an assessment of the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had so far on employment and labour markets in the most populous and dynamic region of the world. With economic growth in the Asia and Pacific region already weakening in 2019, the current crisis has hit economies, enterprises and workers in the region with a force that is reversing some of the limited gains made in pursuit of decent work and inclusive growth in the previous decade.
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Events
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Regional Policy Dialogue: Policy Innovations for the Digital Transitions in the Labour Market
28 - 29 May 2024
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Implementation of the RBSA Project "Promoting the transition to formalization through integrated approaches in Cambodia": First-Year Progress Update.
13 February 2024
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Workshop for Committee Formation for Industry Skills Council of Tourism and Hospitality Sector in Cox's Bazar
6 December 2023
Publications
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Extending social protection for workers in Cambodia: A study to understand the characteristics of workers and enterprises in the informal economy
18 March 2024
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New Forms of Employment and Labour Protection in China
20 February 2024
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Study on judgments related to human trafficking and foreign employment in Nepal From the perspective of forced labour
29 January 2024
Projects
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Agroforestry Skills for Employment and Resilience in Timor-Leste
1 September 2023 - 31 August 2027
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Fostering the Transition to Formality of Informal Workers and Economic Units in Mongolia
1 April 2023 - 31 March 2025
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Enabling Sectoral Pathways towards Formality for Vulnerable Workers, and Enterprises in Nepal’s Informal Economy
1 March 2023 - 28 February 2025