Publication

Annual Report 2008

27 February 2009

The Annual Report 2008 highlights the achievements of the ILO's Impact Insurance Facility over the past year.

Publication

Cooperating out of poverty: The renaissance of the African cooperative movement

02 February 2009

This book offers an objective analysis of the state of affairs of the cooperative sector in Africa since the liberalization of the economy in the early 1990s.

Publication

Working Paper No. 9 - Cooperatives: a path to economic and social empowerment in Ethiopia

01 February 2009

Traditional cooperatives associations existed in Ethiopian society centuries ago in the form of iqub and idir. Iqub is an association of people having common objectives of mobilizing resources, especially finance, and distributing it to members on rotating basis. Idir is an association of people that have the objective of providing social and economic insurance for the members in the events of death, accident, damages to property, among others. In the case of funeral, Idir serves as funeral insurance where community members elect their leaders, contribute resources either in kind or in cash and support the mourning member.

Publication

Corporate Social Responsibility in the Chinese Textile Industry - Compendium of case studies with good practices

01 January 2009

Publication

A perspective from the MNE Declaration to the present: mistakes, surprises, and newly important policy implications

01 October 2008

Employment Working Paper No. 11

Report overview

Green Jobs: Towards decent work in a sustainable, low-carbon world (report overview)

24 September 2008

The present overview draws on evidence and findings presented in the report “Green Jobs: Towards Decent Work in a Sustainable, Low-Carbon World”. While the overview is consistent with the report, it also includes reflections emerging from the exchanges among the partners of the Green Jobs Initiative not contained in the original report. The original report is commissioned and funded by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), as part of the Green Jobs Initiative jointly mounted by UNEP, the International Labour Organization (ILO), the International Organisation of Employers (IOE) and the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC). It is produced by the Worldwatch Institute, with technical assistance from the Cornell University Global Labour Institute, for UNEP.

Report

Green Jobs: Towards Decent Work in a Sustainable, Low-Carbon World (Full report)

24 September 2008

The report entitled “Green Jobs: Towards Decent Work in a Sustainable, Low-Carbon World” is the first comprehensive study on the emergence of a “green economy” and its impact on the world of work. It includes new data that shows a changing pattern of employment in which green jobs are being generated in many sectors and economies around the world as a result of measures to tackle climate change and to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases. This has also led to changing patterns of investment flows into areas such as renewable energy and energy efficiency at the household and industrial level. Within current policy frameworks, only a fraction of the potential benefits for jobs and development is forthcoming.

Publication

ILO Jakarta: Special Edition Newsletter - Job Opportunities for Youth - September 2008

01 September 2008

Publication

Cooperating out of poverty - the renaissance of African cooperatives movement

10 August 2008

Eradicating poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa continues to be the biggest challenge for the global community today. During the last 25 years, the number of poor has doubled from 150 million to 300 million, half the population surviving on $1 a day or less. According to the report of the Commission for Africa, “the continent needs successful African entrepreneurs and a strong and vibrant small enterprise sector to provide the innovation and productivity growth necessary for long-term poverty reduction”.

Project

Micro and small enterprise development for pro-poor growth in Sri Lanka (Enter-Growth project)

09 July 2008

Contribute to pro-poor economic growth and quality employment for women and men, through an integrated programme for development of micro and small enterprises.