ILO working paper 58

Diversity of practices in social dialogue in the public service in selected African countries

20 April 2022

ILO Working paper 57

(Un)Employment and skills formation in Chile: An exploration of the effects of training in labour market transitions

24 March 2022

This paper analyses the effects of training on labour market transitions in Chile, using individual-level panel data. It finds that training reduces post-training unemployment, but also shows that the equalizing effects of the training policies are not fully leveraged.

ILO Working paper 56

The current state of research on the two-way linkages between productivity and well-being

17 March 2022

Interest in the topic of well-being has burgeoned in recent years as the weaknesses of gross domestic product (GDP) per capita as a proxy for well-being have become more apparent. At the same time, the global economy has experienced a productivity slowdown, with negative implications for the most important long-term source of sustainable gains in living standards. The objective of this report is to survey the current state of research on the two-way linkages between productivity and well-being in the context of these developments The report discusses measurement issues related to both productivity and well-being, reviews the literature on the channels running from productivity to well-being, and discusses the literature on the linkages running from well-being to productivity.

ILO Working paper 50

Crowdwork for young people: Risks and opportunities

21 February 2022

ILO Working paper 49

How to strengthen informal apprenticeship systems for a better future of work?: Lessons learned from comparative analysis of country cases

22 February 2022

ILO Working paper 44

Investing more in universal social protection. Filling the financing gap through domestic resource mobilization and international support and coordination

14 January 2022

Large and persistent gaps in social protection coverage, comprehensiveness and adequacy are linked to many barriers, including high levels of informality, institutional fragmentation of the social protection system and significant financing gaps for social protection in a context of limited fiscal space.

ILO Working paper 43

Investing better in universal social protection. Applying international social security standards in social protection policy and financing

13 January 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed significant gaps in the coverage, comprehensiveness and adequacy of social protection systems worldwide. These gaps have jeopardized the health, incomes and jobs of billions of people. Closing these protection gaps, facilitating faster and inclusive socio-economic recovery and enhancing resilience against future shocks requires more investment in social protection.

ILO Working paper 42

Social policy advice to countries from the International Monetary Fund during the COVID-19 crisis: Continuity and change

10 December 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused massive disruptions to the global economy and forced policymakers to respond to the newly created challenges. Many policy institutions have therefore had to rethink their established approaches and their usual policy responses.

ILO Working paper 41

Supporting decent work and the transition towards formalization through technology-enhanced labour inspection

21 October 2021

ILO Working paper 40

Financing human-centred COVID-19 recovery and decisive climate action worldwide: International cooperation’s twenty-first century moment of truth

07 October 2021

This Working Paper provides a concrete illustration of how the existing international financial architecture could be activated more fully to mobilize the large sums required to respond decisively to the “great divergence” in COVID-19 crisis recovery between advanced and developing countries as well as to the climate crisis.