Publications
2017
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Rethinking fiscal policy: Lessons from the European Monetary Union (EMU)
18 September 2017
EMPLOYMENT Working Paper No. 219
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IMPACT BRIEF: Empowering Young Women through Business and Vocational Training: Evidence from Rural Upper Egypt
01 September 2017
The Taqeem Impact Brief Series documents how organizations measure outcomes of their employment programmes, the tools that are applied and the findings and recommendations that emerge to assist them in improving impacts and programme design.
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IMPACT REPORT: Empowering Young Women through Business and Vocational Training: Evidence from a Field Intervention in Rural Egypt
01 September 2017
The ILO Taqeem “Impact Report” series disseminates research reports from Taqeem-supported impact evaluations. The studies use experimental and quasi-experimental approaches to estimate employment outcomes of active labour market policies and programmes. The goal is to improve the evidence base for “what works” in the effective design and implementation of integrated employment policy responses for youth and women’s employment. Taqeem is a partnership with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) as part of an IFAD-financed project titled “Strengthening gender monitoring and evaluation in rural employment in the Near East and North Africa”.
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Taqeem - Evidence to improve youth and women's employment in the Middle East and North Africa
17 July 2017
TAQEEM (meaning “evaluation” in Arabic) is a technical support programme of the International Labour Organization and IFAD whose aim is to increase effectiveness of youth and women employment interventions in the Middle East and North Africa.
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The impact of skills training on the financial behaviour, employability and educational choices of rural young people: Findings from a Randomized Controlled Trial in Morocco
14 July 2017
The “Impact report” series disseminates research reports from Taqeem-supported impact evaluations. Reports include baseline, endline and qualitative studies which describe the impact estimates of evaluations of youth employment interventions based on experimental and quasi-experimental designs.
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Promoting women’s empowerment in the Middle East and North Africa: A rapid evidence assessment of labour market interventions
14 July 2017
The Taqeem Impact Brief Series documents how organizations measure outcomes of their employment programmes, the tools that are applied and the findings and recommendations that emerge to assist them in improving impacts and programme design. This rapid evidence assessment analyses gender equality outcomes of Active Labour Market Programmes in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).
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+789 million and counting: The sub-Saharan African equation
20 June 2017
This research brief explores the opportunities that economic diversification offer to foster structural transformation in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Long-term unemployment in Central Europe: A review of its nature and determinants in five countries
01 June 2017
EMPLOYMENT Working Paper No. 218
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The role of investment incentives for structural transformation: A comparative analysis of investment incentives legislation in developing countries in sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia and South-East Asia
18 May 2017
EMPLOYMENT Working Paper No. 211
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Pro-employment budgeting in the United Republic of Tanzania: A country study
17 May 2017
EMPLOYMENT Working Paper No. 213
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Zambia’s Employment Outlook: Diversification, Formalization and Education
26 April 2017
EMPLOYMENT Working Paper No. 212
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ILO's Youth Employment Programme - Brochure
15 March 2017
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Towards Evidence-Based Active Labour Market Programmes in Egypt: Challenges and Way Forward
16 February 2017
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Evaluating the results of an agricultural cooperative support programme: Business practices, access to finance, youth employment
31 January 2017
The “Impact report” series disseminates research reports from Taqeem-supported impact evaluations. Reports include baseline, endline and qualitative studies which describe the impact estimates of evaluations of youth employment interventions based on experimental and quasi-experimental designs.
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Macroeconomic policy, employment and decent work in India
19 January 2017
EMPLOYMENT Working Paper No. 205
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The role of labour market and sectoral policies in promoting more and better jobs in low middle income countries: Issues, evidence and policy options: The case of India
19 January 2017
EMPLOYMENT Working Paper No. 206
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Jobs and skills for youth: review of policies for youth employment in Mongolia
19 January 2017
2016
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The role of labour market and sectoral policies in promoting more and better jobs in China: Issues, evidence and policy options
25 November 2016
EMPLOYMENT Working Paper No. 208
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The role of monetary and fiscal policies in promoting more and better jobs in China: Issues, evidence and policy options
25 November 2016
EMPLOYMENT Working Paper No. 207
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Youth employment in Asia and the Pacific and the Arab States
08 November 2016
This brief provides an overview of trends, recent policy developments and recommendations with regards to youth employment in Asia and the Pacific and the Arab States.