Books and reports
June 2021
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Book
Internships, Employability and the Search for Decent Work Experience
17 June 2021
This groundbreaking book examines the growing phenomenon of internships, and the policy issues that they raise, during a time when internships or traineeships have become an important way of transitioning from education into paid work.
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Report
World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends 2021
02 June 2021
In 2020, an estimated 8.8 per cent of total working hours were lost – the equivalent of the hours worked in one year by 255 million full-time workers. This report provides a comprehensive assessment of how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the world of work.
February 2021
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Publication
Decent work in a globalized economy: Lessons from public and private initiatives
17 February 2021
The hybridization and proliferation of forms and mechanisms of governance is a consequence of the fragmentation of production across national boundaries. The emergence of global supply chains has provided new opportunities for many developing countries to participate in global trade, diversify their economies and generate employment. At the same time, production for global supply chains has raised new concerns about working conditions and the protection of workers’ rights.
October 2019
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Studies on Growth with Equity
What Works: Promoting Pathways to Decent Work
16 October 2019
This report analyses how income support and ALMPs can come together to tackle a significant set of barriers limiting access to decent work in emerging and developing countries.
July 2019
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Report
Time to Act for SDG 8 : Integrating Decent Work, Sustained Growth and Environmental Integrity
10 July 2019
This report presents progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 8, analyses interlinkages with other SDGs and provides policy recommendations.
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Report
Working on a warmer planet: The effect of heat stress on productivity and decent work
01 July 2019
January 2019
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Global Commission on the Future of Work
Work for a brighter future
22 January 2019
This landmark report by the ILO Global Commission on the Future of Work examines how to achieve a better future of work for all at a time of unprecedented change and exceptional challenges in the world of work.
June 2018
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Report
Care work and care jobs for the future of decent work
28 June 2018
This report takes a comprehensive look at unpaid and paid care work and its relationship with the changing world of work. A key focus is the persistent gender inequalities in households and the labour market, which are inextricably linked with care work.
October 2016
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Book
Transformation of women at work in Asia: An unfinished development agenda
31 October 2016
This book examines the drivers of, and barriers to, participation of women in the Asian labour market for its socio-economic development and structural transformation.
May 2016
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Flagship report
World Employment and Social Outlook 2016: Transforming jobs to end poverty
19 May 2016
This edition of the WESO looks at poverty reduction and how it has been influenced by income inequality and the availability of quality jobs in developing and developed countries.