Resources on Labour market policies and institutions

  1. Upgrading informal apprenticeship

    15 March 2013

    Presented by Christine Hofmann, Skills Expert, Employment Policy Department, ILO

  2. Opening Remarks at the workshop on "Boosting economic dynamics and job growth: the potential of industrial policies"

    15 March 2013

    Presented by Mr José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Assistant Director General for Policy, ILO

  3. Infrastructure investment: from productive capacities to domestic capabilities

    15 March 2013

    Presentation by Christoph Ernst, Senior Economist, Employment Policy Department, ILO

  4. The Era of New Industrial Policies in Latin America

    15 March 2013

    Presentation by Robert Devlin, Professorial lecturer, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies

  5. International Investment Agreements and Industrial Policy

    15 March 2013

    Presentation by Aaron Cosbey, Associate and Senior Climate Change and Trade Advisor, International Institute on Sustainable Development (IISD)

  6. Trade Policies for Productive Transformation: Trade Agreements

    15 March 2013

    Presentation by Esther Busser, Assistant Director, International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)

  7. Experiences from Asia and Africa: Industrial policy in the light of global value chains and domestic capabilities

    15 March 2013

    Presentation by Tilman Altenburg, Head of Department, Competitiveness and Social Development, German Development Institute

  8. Boosting economic dynamics and job growth: the potential of industrial policies

    The ILO and Friedrich Ebert Foundation organise a joint workshop to exchange experience between Government representatives from African, Asian and Latin American countries, international organisations and researchers on the role of industrial policies in accelerating the dynamics of productive transformation for job growth.

  9. Perspectives on Labour Economics for Development

    01 March 2013

    Perspectives on Labour Economics for Development seeks to provide a comprehensive, but non-technical, coverage of labour market issues in a developing country context to help policy-makers and other readers improve their capacity to understand these topics and develop appropriate and effective policy responses. This book is an invaluable reference for policy-makers in middle- and low-income countries as well as an ideal handbook for teachers and students of economics and development.

  10. Young and older workers, two sides of the same coin

    08 October 2012

    Many of the countries that are suffering from huge youth unemployment levels are also experiencing population ageing. Isn’t it time to start thinking of older workers as a category that deserves specific attention?