Library / documentation center
The Employment Sector Information and Documentation centre offers ILO Officials both at Headquarters and the field, ILO constituents, journalists, students and others a range of services to meet your information needs.
This includes access to the Sector's free publications, research assistance, loans from the Employment Sector's or the ILO Library's collection, guidance on how to use information resources and on-line research tools effectively. The Centre also organises displays of its own as well as other ILO publications during special events.
Recent publications
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Guide
Community Infrastructure in Urban Areas: Creating jobs while improving low-income settlements
31 March 2020
This Guide describes the application of various tools in selected urban communities in the Philippines and Cambodia and describes the different components of an effective approach to improve community infrastructure in low-income settlements while creating employment in the process.
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Publication
Rapid employment creation in times of crisis: From cash for work to sustainable recovery and livelihood development
31 March 2020
This document brings together ILO principles, experiences and tools in rapid employment creation in times of crisis, with examples from the Asia and Pacific region where natural disasters are frequent occurrences due to the changing climates.
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Publication
Employment Policy Department Newsletter, March/April 2020
27 March 2020
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COVID-19 and the World of Work
COVID-19: what role for workers’ organizations?
24 March 2020
This note prepared by the ILO’s Bureau for Workers’Activities (ACTRAV) shows why the ILO Recommendation No 205 on Employment and Decent Work for Peace and Resilience (R205) is an effective instrument for governments, employers and workers organizations to address the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
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Employment Policy Brief
Migration and job creation in North/West Africa: Employment-intensive investment strategies in The Gambia, Mauritania, and Tunisia
24 March 2020
This note explains how the ILO supports its constituents, particularly the countries of the origin of migrants, in addressing migration issues through job creation with the EIIP approach, with concrete examples from the ILO’s experiences in The Gambia, Mauritania, and Tunisia.
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ILO/Sida Partnership on Employment Working Paper No. 4
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and employment policies in the Philippines
23 March 2020
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Guide
Training Manual - Construction of Rural Road Pavements Utilizing Labour-Based Technology
18 March 2020
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Guide
Construction of low volume sealed roads 2013 - good practice guide to labour-based methods
18 March 2020