ILO Working paper 59

The return of fiscal policy

27 April 2022

The new European Union macroeconomic activism and lessons for future reform.

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.

ILO Working paper 29

Public Employment Programmes in the Care Economy - The Case of South Africa

29 April 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic and associated economic crisis have increased unemployment levels in the care economy, detrimental effects of which are felt by care workers, the majority of whom are women. The South African experience shows that Public Employment Programmes (PEPs) have contributed to the progressive realisation of decent work where as a first step in the trajectory, they have recognised and renumerated care related labour as work. This case study raises a series of questions for further consideration about the role of PEPs in this context, particularly their efficacy in the provision of direct care services.

ILO working paper 28

Social Protection in the Cultural and Creative Sector - Country Practices and Innovations

20 April 2021

ILO Working Paper 20

COVID-19, jobs and the future of work in the LDCs: A (disheartening) preliminary account

15 December 2020

This paper provides an overview of the evolution of the COVID-19-induced health and labour market crises in the Least Developed Countries (LDCs), drawing on a large set of available data and sources. It highlights how the outbreak is affecting jobs and incomes via multiple channels of transmission. It looks at policy responses so far and provides some suggestions for national employment and economic policies, as well as international support to help LDCs on their path to a job-rich recovery and future resilience.