Analysis

• ILO estimates reveal 1.6 million jobs lost in Myanmar in 2021
• ILO estimates underscore Afghanistan employment crisis
• ILO research highlights massive COVID-19 impact on tourism employment in Asia and the Pacific
• Labour productivity trends in Asia and the Pacific highlight uneven COVID-19 impacts
• Getting older: Confronting Asia and the Pacific’s ageing labour force
• What future for the Asia garment industry post-COVID?
• Depressed global consumer demand continues to hit jobs in Asia and the Pacific
• Job retention schemes help offset COVID-19 labour market impacts in Asia and the Pacific
• Is public sector employment a haven in the COVID-19 jobs crisis?
• How do men and women in the Asia–Pacific region feel about women working?
• How did COVID -19 impact working hours in Asia-Pacific economies in 2020?
• Women and young people pushed from labour force by COVID-19
• COVID-19 widens existing gender inequalities, creates new gaps in Viet Nam
• COVID-19 containment measures heighten wage inequality in Thailand and Viet Nam

Publications

• E-formalization: A Korean success story
• Estimating labour market transitions from labour force surveys: The case of Viet Nam
• COVID-19 and multinational enterprises: Impacts on FDI, trade and decent work in Asia and the Pacific
• COVID-19, labour market slack and what it means for recovery
• Asia-Pacific Employment and Social Outlook 2020: Navigating the crisis towards a human-centred future of work