Publications
2021
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How to choose my future profession ? A step-by-step guide for job seekers
10 June 2021
This guide presents in a simple and practical way, the stages of the reflection to be carried out to make a choice of profession. It can be used as a workbook to be completed directly. Intended for autonomous job seekers, it can also be used as a support tool by counselors at employment agencies around the world.
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e-Estonia: A digital society for the transition to formality
20 April 2021
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How to assess fiscal stimulus packages from a gender equality perspective
31 March 2021
UN Women – ILO Joint Programme Promoting Decent Employment for Women through Inclusive Growth Strategies and Investments in Care.
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Assessing the gendered employment impacts of COVID-19 and supporting a gender-responsive recovery
31 March 2021
UN Women – ILO Joint Programme Promoting Decent Employment for Women through Inclusive Growth Strategies and Investments in Care.
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A guide to public investments in the care economy
31 March 2021
UN Women – ILO Joint Programme: Promoting Decent Employment for Women through Inclusive Growth Strategies and Investments in Care.
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Is the future ready for youth?
18 March 2021
Youth employment policies for evolving labour markets
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COVID-19 - Tackling the jobs crisis in the Least Developed Countries
18 January 2021
This policy brief provides an overview of the evolution of the COVID-19-induced health and labour market crises in the Least Developed Countries (LDCs). While highlighting how the outbreak is affecting jobs and incomes, and looking at policy responses so far, it also provides suggestions for national employment and economic policies, as well as international support, to help LDCs on their path to a job-rich recovery and future resilience.
2020
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The labour implications of technological upgrading in China
16 December 2020
This study provides a comprehensive, state-of-the art overview of technological upgrading in China and its labour implications.
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Trends and new developments in employment services to support transitions in Sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East and North Africa Regions
16 December 2020
This paper presents the findings of a survey undertaken in selected countries in the Sub Saharan Africa and Middle East and North Africa regions (SSA and MENA) aimed at reviewing the status of employment service provision, challenges and opportunities for their development.
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COVID-19, jobs and the future of work in the LDCs: A (disheartening) preliminary account
15 December 2020
This paper provides an overview of the evolution of the COVID-19-induced health and labour market crises in the Least Developed Countries (LDCs), drawing on a large set of available data and sources. It highlights how the outbreak is affecting jobs and incomes via multiple channels of transmission. It looks at policy responses so far and provides some suggestions for national employment and economic policies, as well as international support to help LDCs on their path to a job-rich recovery and future resilience.
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ILO maps out technological transformation in Public Employment Services
14 December 2020
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Digital skills and the future of work: Challenges and opportunities in a post COVID-19 environment (WISIS Session 216, 29 July 2020)
11 December 2020
This note is based on the WISIS Forum 2020 session “Digital skills and the future of work: challenges and opportunities in a post COVID-19 environment” hosted by ITU.
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Cameroon - Rapid evaluation of the impact of COVID-19 on employment and the labour market
11 December 2020
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COVID-19: Tackling the jobs crisis in the least developed countries
09 December 2020
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Paraguay: Impacts of COVID-19 on employment and income generation
04 December 2020
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ILO maps out how Public Employment Services are using technology to improve service delivery
30 November 2020
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JobAgri: Putting knowledge to work to support job-rich investments in agriculture and agri-food chains in sub-Saharan Africa
30 November 2020
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Does economic growth deliver jobs? Revisiting Okun’s Law
25 November 2020
This paper revisits the relationship between economic growth and employment creation as expressed in Okun’s law by using the latest updated global ILO dataset for new and more detailed estimates.
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Rapid assessment of the employment impact and policy responses of the COVID-19 pandemic on Armenia
25 November 2020
Employment Country Reports Series ILO Decent Work Team and Country Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia
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Rapid assessment of the employment impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in Kyrgyzstan
20 November 2020
ILO Decent Work Team and Country Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia - Employment Country Reports Series