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Barbados
Barbados has been a member of the ILO since 08 May 1967 and has actively championed workers rights. This is reflected in their ratification of 41 ILO conventions, covering areas like Violence and Harassment, ensuring freedom of association, and promoting equal pay. They've also established a strong social partnership – a collaborative system where the Government, private sector, and unions work together to address economic and labour issues.
Latest news and stories
Foreign direct investment
From attracting capital to creating better jobs: Caribbean investment agencies rethink what success means
Transition to the formal economy
Eastern Caribbean tourism can drive productivity, decent work and formalization
Labour statistics
Barbados labour market statistics for the last year from ILOSTAT Database
Development Cooperation Dashboard
The Dashboard offers customizable views of ILO development cooperation projects funded by voluntary contributions around the world. It shows the budget and expenditure of voluntary contributions for the past 10 years.
Child Labour Observatory
The dashboard offers Barbados's country profile, delivering centralized data on child labour prevalence, national laws, and policy measures to drive evidence-based strategies for global eradication.
Projects and programmes
ILO and PAGE Project
Wildey Green Business Support Pilot Programme
Employability Project (Barbados)
Publications
Climate change
The employment, environment and climate nexus in Barbados
Transition to the formal economy
Informality in the tourism sector in the Eastern Caribbean
