Publications on Employment intensive investment
2020
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Joint ILO/WWF publication
NATURE HIRES: How Nature-based Solutions can power a green jobs recovery
12 October 2020
Combining expertise on nature and employment, this joint World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) - ILO publication maps out the societal challenges where nature-based solutions can be effective, how they support job creation and how they have been used, providing evidence and examples as to how they integrally support the achievement of the SDGs and a sustainable response to the COVID-19 crisis.
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Publication
ILO Response to the Beirut Blast: A decent work approach for quick recovery and job creation (Update September 2020)
29 September 2020
The ILO promotes the principle that employment, livelihoods and decent work are key to the successful recovery and reintegration of crisis-affected people, and this guides the ILO’s response to the Beirut blast.
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Publication
ILO Response to the Beirut Blast: A decent work approach for quick recovery and job creation
14 August 2020
On August 4 2020, a massive explosion ripped through the Port of Beirut, killing hundreds of people and leaving thousands more injured and homeless. The ILO response programme contributes to the UN Flash Appeal under the Emergency Response Framework to address the consequences of the explosion, from immediate needs to recovery and reconstruction.
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Technical note
COVID-19 response and recovery in countries affected by disasters and climate vulnerability: Challenges and opportunities
17 July 2020
The aim of this note is to highlight the potential difficulties as well as the mutually reinforcing benefits of responding to the pandemic in disaster-prone countries.
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Policy Brief
The role of public employment programmes and employment guarantee schemes in COVID-19 policy responses
29 May 2020
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Guidance
Technical note on water, sanitation and health (WASH) interventions in response to COVID-19
14 May 2020
The aim of this note is to identify EIIP initiatives in the WASH sector that also contribute to local job creation in response to COVID-19.
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Guidance
COVID-19 - Job creation through employment intensive public works programmes
05 May 2020
This note was developed by the ILO's Employment-Intensive Investment Programme (EIIP) to promote the design and implementation of short-term emergency employment programmes and longer term employment-intensive public works schemes to create jobs and generate income for vulnerable people in the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis.
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Policy Brief
Coping with double casualties: How to support the working poor in low-income countries in response to COVID-19
29 April 2020
This Policy Brief looks into the possible impact that the COVID-19 pandemic may have, especially on the working poor in LDCs (Least Developed Countries) and countries facing fragility, or the aftermath of a conflict or disaster. In particular, the brief reviews possible impacts and responses that can be undertaken as part of the ILO response through the Jobs for Peace & Resilience (JPR) Flagship Programme.
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Guidelines – Template ToRs
How to mainstream conflict-sensitivity, social cohesion and peacebuilding in COVID-19 socio-economic/labour market assessments
20 April 2020
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Guidance note
Jobs for Peace and Resilience: A response to COVID-19 in fragile contexts
20 April 2020
The document compiles potential initiatives that could be implemented to address the consequences of COVID-19 in fragile contexts through the Jobs for Peace and Resilience (JPR) approach.