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January 2022
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Labour Provisions in Trade Agreements Hub
ILO launches new online database on trade agreements that include labour provisions
26 January 2022
The new database is a one-stop source for information on labour provisions in more than 100 regional trade agreements covering about 140 economies.
October 2020
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Digital Economy
10 ways to a brighter future of work in the digital economy
01 October 2020
Based on findings from seven countries (Canada, China, Germany, India, Indonesia, Singapore and Thailand), the ILO has outlined 10 possible policy responses to inform dialogue among governments, employers’ and workers’ organizations to advance decent work opportunities for more women and men in the digital economy.
October 2019
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ILO What Works Research Brief No. 15
Combating Extreme Poverty by Providing Active Support as Part of a Conditional Cash Transfer Schemes
16 October 2019
Integrating active labour market policies (ALMPs) into poverty alleviation programmes can foster employment opportunities while protecting individuals’ incomes from the consequences of a severe recession. Recent research on Uruguay’s response to the economic crisis of 2002 demonstrates that allowing the beneficiaries of cash transfer schemes to voluntary participate in public works increases their chances of finding jobs afterwards, and at the same time counteracts any indirect negative effect that income support may have on labour market outcomes.
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ILO What Works Research Brief No. 14
Expanding Access To Unemployment Benefits And Active Support To Cover Informal Workers
16 October 2019
Combining income support with active labour market policies (ALMPs) is a viable strategy for helping unemployed people while they look for work. However, access to such programmes in developing and emerging countries (where they exist) tends to be restricted to formal sector workers. New evidence from the Mauritian unemployment benefit scheme demonstrates the value of expanding access to cover informal workers as well.
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ILO What Works Research Brief No. 13
Meeting The Challenges of a Changing World Of Work by Combining Income Support and Active Labour Market Policies
16 October 2019
Integrated approaches that combine income support and active labour market policies (ALMPs) can foster opportunities for accessing decent work while protecting people throughout their working-life transitions. Such approaches can take various forms and they are starting to be used more frequently in emerging and developing economies. In addition to sustainably reducing poverty and promoting development, they lead to greater social cohesion.
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ILO What Works Research Brief No. 12
Promoting Pathways to Decent Work
16 October 2019
New evidence is available on the merits of combining income support with active labour market policies (ALMPs) to protect people during joblessness and promote pathways to decent work. Such a combination, or integrated approach, prevents people from being forced by necessity to accept any new job that comes their way, regardless of its quality, while at the same time equipping them with the necessary skills to aspire to better jobs and helping them to find new employment opportunities.
July 2019
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Highlights from the World Employment Programme: Past, present and future event (Short version)
25 July 2019
The event, held on 4 June 2019, celebrated the 50th anniversary of the launch of the World Employment Programme (WEP) and its contributions to the work of the ILO and its members. It also provided an opportunity to reflect on the lessons learned from the past to influence present and future approaches.
October 2017
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World Employment and Social Outlook Report 2017
What are six key ingredients to promote sustainable enterprises?
09 October 2017
The ILO looks at six key ingredients to promote sustainable enterprises and have a win-win situation of high competitiveness and decent work. Find out more in the ILO’s 2017 report: “World Employment and Social Outlook – Sustainable enterprises and jobs: Formal enterprises and decent work”.
September 2017
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ILO What Works Research Brief No. 10
Economic impacts of reducing the gender gap
29 September 2017
Closing the gender gap in participation by 25 per cent by 2025 could increase global GDP by US$5.3 trillion
August 2017
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ILO What Works Research Brief No. 9
Implementation of international labour standards for domestic workers
30 August 2017
Since the adoption of Convention No. 189, over 70 ILO member States have acted to ensure decent working conditions for domestic workers.