Publications
2010
-
The promotion of respect for workers’ rights in the banking sector : current practice and future prospects
07 April 2010
Employment Working Paper No. 26
-
ILO List of Occupational Diseases (revised 2010)
25 March 2010
This new list of occupational diseases reflects the state-of-the-art development in the identification and recognition of occupational diseases in the world of today. It indicates clearly where prevention and protection should take place. This ILO list represents the latest worldwide consensus on diseases which are internationally accepted as caused by work. This list can serve as a model for the establishment, review and revision of national lists of occupational diseases. The world’s working population and their families will benefit from this new list.
-
ILO and Cooperatives - COOP NEWS No. 1, 2010 (Newsletter)
05 March 2010
-
Study on green employment in China
01 March 2010
This research is conducted by the research team of Institute for Labor Studies, Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security. This study presents both the current situation and potential for green employment in China, as well as results of surveys conducted in eight companies in the power industry.
-
Annual Report 2009
26 February 2010
The Annual Report 2009 highlights the achievements of the ILO's Impact Insurance Facility over the past year.
-
International framework agreements and global social dialogue: Parameters and prospects
09 February 2010
Employment Working Paper No. 47
-
Working Paper No. 1 - Reinventing the wheel? : African cooperatives in a liberalized economic environment
02 February 2010
CoopAFRICA Working Paper No. 1
-
Working Paper No. 18 - Cooperative policy and law in east and southern Africa: A review
02 February 2010
The objective of this paper is to conduct a comparative analysis of the policy and legal framework for cooperatives in the countries of East and Southern Africa. The benchmark for the purpose of this analysis is the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) Promotion of Cooperatives Recommendation, 2002 (No. 193).
-
Working Paper No. 17 - Cooperatives in Zanzibar: Decline and renaissance
02 February 2010
The history of the cooperative movement in Zanzibar and even its current structure is not well known. There is lack of literature on cooperatives on the Isles. Thus this study is very important as a pioneering examination of the cooperative movement in Zanzibar
-
Working Paper No. 15 - Cooperatives: The sleeping economic and social giants in Uganda
01 February 2010
The model of cooperatives in Tanzania mainland that has been adopted both currently and historically is outlined. It is observed that cooperatives were successful in the pre-abolition era (i.e. before 1976). Cooperatives suffered many setbacks in the post-abolition period (the period after 1982).
-
Working Paper No. 14 - Cooperatives in Tanzania mainland: Revival and growth
01 February 2010
The model of cooperatives in Tanzania mainland that has been adopted both currently and historically is outlined. It is observed that cooperatives were successful in the pre-abolition era (i.e. before 1976). Cooperatives suffered many setbacks in the post-abolition period (the period after 1982).
-
Working Paper No. 13 - Economic empowerment of Swazi society through cooperative development
01 February 2010
The paper shows that the cooperative movement in Swaziland is relatively small when compared to other African countries, and its growth has been fluctuating over the years. The decline in the number of cooperatives has been noticeable in the agricultural sector, though most of the cooperatives in the country are in this sector. Savings and credit cooperatives (SACCOs) are still emerging, but they have recorded better growth than the latter.
-
Working Paper No. 8 - Cooperatives and development: a case of citizen economic empowerment in Botswana
01 February 2010
The cooperative movement in Botswana has been expected to serve a broad set of socio-economic and political objectives. The government perceives cooperatives as a means for empowering its people to own businesses and in the process acquire entrepreneurial skills that can enable them to participate in social and economic development. In Botswana, cooperatives were established by the government immediately after independence and operated within the interests of the Government, as outlined in the Cooperative Societies Law.
-
International framework agreements and global social dialogue : lessons from the Daimler case
25 January 2010
Employment Working Paper No. 46
-
Collective Bargaining: Negotiating for Social Justice. Proceedings of the High-level Tripartite Meeting on Collective Bargaining.
02 January 2010
This booklet contains the opening addresses by Ambassador Farani Azevedo (Chairperson of the ILO GB), Sir Roy Trotman (Worker Vice-Chairperson), Daniel Funes de Rioja (Employer Vice-Chairperson) and by Juan Somavia, Director-General of the ILO and a summary of the proceedings written by Prof. Thomas A. Kochan, Chairperson of the Meeting.
-
How women fare in East African cooperatives: the case of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda
01 January 2010
-
Working Paper No. 19 - The cooperative model for the delivery of home based care services for people living with HIV
01 January 2010
Home-based care (HBC) is an innovative approach to providing a comprehensive continuum of prevention, care, treatment and support services to meet the needs of people living with HIV in settings that have resource limitations. HBC calls for partnership among family members, health care workers, health facilities, local communities, community-based organizations (CBOs), non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and people living with HIV (PLHIV).
-
Working Paper No. 12 - The hope for rural transformation : A rejuvenating cooperative movement in Rwanda
01 January 2010
2009
-
Routes Out of the Crisis: Strategies for Local Employment Recovery, Skills Development and Social protection in Asia
03 December 2009
India National Case Study A “Green” Value Chain Development Exercise in Jabalpur, India
-
Women's Entrepreneurship Development and Gender Equality: Brochure
24 November 2009
This brochure summarizes the WED programme by giving useful information on ILO strategy on promoting women's entrepreneuship development, on the partnerships established, on the key actions of ILO in this field, etc.