Publications
2020
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Labour Law Compliance and the Role of Labour: Inspection in Viet Nam’s Electronics Sector
24 September 2020
The study mapped out the industry situation and sought to address how enterprises can generate more and better jobs through socially responsible labour practices in Viet Nam’s electronics sector, taking into account the evolving transnational production system as the country further integrates in the global economy.
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Executive summary: Labour Law Compliance and the Role of Labour Inspection in Viet Nam’s Electronics Sector
24 September 2020
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Small Business Training to Improve Management Practices in Developing Countries: Reassessing the Evidence for 'Training Doesn’t Work'
21 September 2020
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Answering key questions around informality in micro and small enterprises during the COVID-19 crisis
14 September 2020
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Review of the implementation of a business environment programme based on the ILO’s Enabling Environment for Sustainable Enterprises (EESE) toolkit in Honduras, 2012–19
03 September 2020
This report examines the experience of implementing a programme based on the ILO’s Enabling Environment for Sustainable Enterprises (EESE) toolkit in Honduras during 2012–19. The programme was operated by Honduras’s national association of employers’ organizations: the Consejo Hondureño de la Empresa Privada (Honduran Private Enterprise Council; COHEP). Improving the business environment is a key strategic objective that has guided COHEP in its work for many years.
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Market Systems Development and a Just Transition
31 August 2020
Learnings from an ILO expérience in Tanzania
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Market Systems Development and a Just Transition
31 August 2020
Learnings from an ILO expérience in Tanzania
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Bending the rules
28 August 2020
How to use a systemic approach to improve the rules of the game
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Bending the rules
28 August 2020
How to use a systemic approach to improve the rules of the game
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PDF for 3-D client value assessment for ACRE Rwanda maize and livestock insurance products
26 August 2020
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3-D client value assessment for ACRE Rwanda maize and livestock insurance products
26 August 2020
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Case Brief: Fasecolda
26 August 2020
The Federation of Colombian Insurers (Fasecolda) is the trade association of the Colombian insurance sector. It includes insurance companies, reinsurance companies and capitalization companies. Since its inception, it has aimed to create an efficient, sustainable and socially responsible insurance culture in Colombia.
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COVID-19 and Enterprises Briefing Note [No. 32]
21 August 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has been affecting enterprises of all sizes and types in unprecedented ways. This brief aims to highlight key information resources available on the functioning of enterprises in the crisis, including its impact on enterprises, responses by enterprises and policy measures to support affected enterprises.
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More and Better Jobs through Socially Responsible Labour and Business Practices in the Electronics Sector of Viet Nam
21 August 2020
This report seeks to contribute to the question of how enterprises can generate more and better jobs through socially responsible labour and business practices in the Vietnamese electronics sector, taking into account the evolving transnational production system as Viet Nam is further integrated in the global economy. Electronics has become the largest export-oriented industry in Viet Nam and is primarily led by major multinational enterprises (MNEs) producing in Viet Nam.
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ILO Environmental Sustainability Action Plan 2020-21
20 August 2020
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COVID-19 and Enterprises Briefing Note [No. 31]
14 August 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has been affecting enterprises of all sizes and types in unprecedented ways. This brief aims to highlight key information resources available on the functioning of enterprises in the crisis, including its impact on enterprises, responses by enterprises and policy measures to support affected enterprises.
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From sustainability commitment to impact – how a social and environmental management system translates intention into action
11 August 2020
A social and environmental management system (SEMS) supports companies and their financiers to improve business performance and realizing sustainability commitments. This article is an extract from the the 2019 Annual Report of the Common Fund for Commodities (CFC), to which Social Finance contributed. It highlights the relevance of a SEMS, in particular for financial institutions, and elaborates on the core elements of a SEMS. Based on Social Finance's decade-long work with multiple institutions, the article also discusses typical challenges in developing and implementing such systems and proposes ways of how to address them successfully.
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COVID-19 and Enterprises Briefing Note [No. 30]
07 August 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has been affecting enterprises of all sizes and types in unprecedented ways. This brief aims to highlight key information resources available on the functioning of enterprises in the crisis, including its impact on enterprises, responses by enterprises and policy measures to support affected enterprises.
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Start.COOP - A step-by-step tool to start-up a cooperative - Facilitator's Guide
06 August 2020
Start.COOP is a low-cost, easy to use tool for those interested in starting and launching a cooperative in a participatory manner. It draws on technical content from existing materials in different ILO cooperative training tools. It also uses a peer-to-peer, activity-based learning methodology from the ILO’s Community-Based Enterprise Development (C-BED) programme. Start.Coop package contains: a training guide, a facilitator’s guide and two power point presentations that can be used for training of facilitators and direct beneficiaries.
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Start.COOP - a Step-by-step tool to start up a cooperative - Training Guide
06 August 2020
Start.COOP is a low-cost, easy to use tool for those interested in starting and launching a cooperative in a participatory manner. It draws on technical content from existing materials in different ILO cooperative training tools. It also uses a peer-to-peer, activity-based learning methodology from the ILO’s Community-Based Enterprise Development (C-BED) programme. Start.Coop package contains: a training guide, a facilitator’s guide and two power point presentations that can be used for training of facilitators and direct beneficiaries.