Books and reports

December 2009

  1. Publication

    ILO Summit on the global jobs crisis. June 2009

    21 December 2009

    The ILO Summit on the Global Jobs Crisis was held on 15-17 June 2009 in Geneva, in response to the financial crisis and its grave impact on global unemployment, poverty and inequality. Addressed by Heads of State and Government, Vice-Presidents, Ministers and leaders of workers' and employers' organizations from around the world, the Summit featured three days of intense debate on different aspects of the crisis.

May 2008

  1. Publication

    Skills for improved productivity, employment growth and development. Report 97 V

    02 May 2008

    This report seeks to examine how, within a decent work perspective, countries can develop their skills base so as to increase both the quantity and the productivity of labour employed in the economy. It analyses how strategies to upgrade and enhance the relevance of skills training and to improve access to skills for more women and men can instead help countries move to a virtuous circle of higher productivity, employment and incomes growth, and development.This report also examines the challenges faced by countries at different levels of development and their policy options.

April 2008

  1. Publication

    Promotion of rural employment for poverty reduction. Report 97 IV

    18 April 2008

  2. Publication

    Labour clauses in public contracts.Integrating the social dimension into procurement policies and practices. Report 97 III (1B)

    03 April 2008

January 2008

  1. Publication

    Record of Proceedings (L)

    01 January 2008

    The Record of Proceedings presents detailed contents of the debates by the member State representatives during the International Labour Conference

March 2007

  1. Publication

    The promotion of sustainable enterprises. Report 96 VI

    16 March 2007

June 2006

  1. Publication

    Work in the fishing sector. Report 96 IV (1)

    09 June 2006

  2. Publication

    Report of the Director-General. Appendix. The situation of workers of the occupied Arab territories. Report 95 APP

    01 June 2006

May 2006

  1. Publication

    Report of the Director-General. ILO programme implementation 2004-05. Report 95 I (A)

    23 May 2006

  2. Publication

    Financial report and audited financial statements for the sixty-ninth financial period (2004-2005) and report of the external auditor

    12 May 2006