Publications on Employment intensive investment
2021
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Publication
Guidance for operation and maintenance (O&M) of irrigation systems
21 October 2021
Maximizing local resources and community participation, Nepal and the Phillippines
2020
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Guide
Community Infrastructure in Urban Areas: Creating jobs while improving low-income settlements
31 March 2020
This Guide describes the application of various tools in selected urban communities in the Philippines and Cambodia and describes the different components of an effective approach to improve community infrastructure in low-income settlements while creating employment in the process.
2019
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Trade and employment
Strengthening the impact of trade on employment in the Philippines (STRENGTHEN): Final project fact sheet
24 September 2019
The project aims to strengthen the employment dimension in policies and programmes related to international trade with better analysis, more coherent policy-making, and enhanced programmes that are designed to encourage employment creation and upgrading.
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EIIP Project Brief
Philippines: Local resource-based approach to mitigate the impact of Typhoon Bopha (2013)
19 June 2019
2016
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Farm-to-market road rehabilitation
Making connections: Farm-to-market road rehabilitation in San Isidro, Leyte
21 September 2016
The Super Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda)-damaged farm-to-market road in San Isidro, Leyte severely hampered the farmers’ agricultural activities. In response, the International Labour Organization (ILO) supported the Municipal Government of San Isidro in restoring the small-scale farmers’ ability to generate income, and in enhancing their food security.
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Construction and repair of damaged schools
Dignified work: Construction and repair of damaged schools in Sta Fe, Bantayan Island
25 August 2016
Providing livelihood opportunities and reconstructing community assets often go hand in hand. Such was the case in Bantayan Island, Northern Cebu during rebuilding efforts after Super Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda).
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Reconstruction for the farming communities
Connecting communities: Causeway reconstruction for the farming communities of San Remigio
24 June 2016
Damaged roads hampered trading activities in many Super Typhoon Haiyan-affected areas. A solution to this problem in San Remigio, Northern Cebu lay in the hands of the residents themselves who participated in rebuilding efforts.
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Construction and repair of damaged schools
Rebuilding communities: Construction and repair of damaged schools in Camotes Islands
24 June 2016
The Camotes group of islands received a surge of relief aid, but the ILO realized that public assets restoration was an area that needed more attention. Thus, the ILO worked with the International Mission Board (IMB), the Baptist Global Response (BGR) and Disaster to Development (D2D) to repair and rebuild structures in five public school devastated by the super typhoon.
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Repair of community potable water system
Water is life: Repair of community potable water system and reforestation of community-managed watershed in Pinabacdao, Samar
27 May 2016
The supply of potable water in the municipality of Pinabacdao, Samar was severely impeded by the successive impacts of Super Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda), Typhoon Hagupit (Ruby) and Tropical Storms Jangmi (Seniang) and Mekkhala (Amang). Because both water and livelihoods are essential to human life, the International Labour Organization (ILO) partnered with the Local Government Unit (LGU) of Pinabacdao to restore the flow of water to 4,000 families.
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Restoration of mangroves damaged by typhoon
Climate-resilient communities: Restoration of mangroves damaged by Typhoons Ruby and Seniang in Biri, Northern Samar
27 May 2016
Two 10-hectare areas, one in each Barangay, were the sites of the mangrove restoration. A total of 20,000 propagules were harvested from nearby mangrove areas and planted. Also, at least 4,000 propagules of alternative species — unsuitable for direct planting at a young age — were collected in community-managed nurseries, to be eventually used to replenish unsuccessful growths and to improve mangrove diversity. Technical support was provided by the Provincial Government of Northern Samar-Environment and Natural Resources Office (PGNS-ENRO).