Books and reports
January 2021
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The Global Deal for Decent Work and Inclusive Growth - Thematic Brief
The Contribution of Social Dialogue to Gender Equality
20 January 2021
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Publication
Working from home: From invisibility to decent work
13 January 2021
With the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, many in the world’s workforce have shifted to homeworking, thereby joining the hundreds of millions of workers who have already been working from home for decades.
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.
April 2018
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Publication
Women and men in the informal economy: A statistical picture. Third edition
30 April 2018
This publication provides for the first time comparable estimates on the size of the informal economy and a statistical profile of informality in all its diversity at the global and regional levels.
June 2014
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Publication
Access to and Effects of Social Protection on Workers living with HIV and their Households
30 June 2014
This report highlights the challenges faced by workers living with HIV and their households in accessing social protection programmes, examines the effects of such programmes on their lives and makes evidence-based recommendations.
November 2011
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Publication
Assessing Green Jobs Potential in Developing Countries: A Practitioner’s Guide
21 November 2011
The knowledge of how the transition to a sustainable, low-carbon economy will affect employment, especially underlying job movements, is vital to informing policy, yet there are few comparable studies for developing countries. As part of the ILO’s Global Green Jobs Programme, this guide provides practical solutions to help fill these information gaps.
January 2010
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Publication
Zanzibar. Social protection expenditure and performance review and social budget
14 January 2010
Zanzibar's lack of social protection has left it vulnerable during the current financial crisis and economic downturn, and basic social services are urgently required. The ILO-DFID funded project sets out the current situation of existing social transfers within Zanzibar's social protection system.
February 2009
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Publication
Tanzania Mainland. Social protection expenditure and performance review and social budget
18 February 2009
This report takes into account demographic and macroeconomic information specific to mainland Tanzania and makes projections from a baseline year based on the two types of social protection schemes - contributory and non-contributory.
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Publication
Zambia. Social protection expenditure and performance review and social budget
12 February 2009
This report, a review of the output of the first year's work of the project, examines the objective of extending social protection coverage in the country.
June 2008
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Publication
Skills, productivity and employment growth. The case of Latin America
24 June 2008
The aim of this study is to illustrate the relations between training and workers' skills, productivity and the growth of quality employment in societies in Latin America by means of an analysis of the existing information and case studies of four different countries (Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Peru). A review of the activities of ...