Employment Diagnostics Toolbox

The Employment Diagnostic Toolbox provides access to key ILO tools, resources, and guidance for country analytics that support evidence-based policy making. The goal of employment diagnostics is to analyse challenges and opportunities towards full, productive and decent work and to identify key policy and action areas. Explore the Toolbox to listen to colleagues working on employment diagnostics, find analytical guidance, tools and data sources, learn from past experience, or browse through recent country studies and reports.

Listen to the experiences from ILO Specialists around the world

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  2. Postcard from Geneva

  3. Postcard from Fiji

  4. Postcard from Kyrgyzstan

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    Analytical framework for employment diagnostics

    An analytical framework that will guide and structure the empirical work on employment diagnostics

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    Lessons learned & guidance for implementation

    Practical tips and tricks for conducting employment diagnostics in different contexts

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    Data sources

    Useful sources of data for analysing labour market trends and country context

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    Thematic deep dives

    Guidance and case studies with thematic focus on digitalisation, climate, care, conflict and youth

What's new

  1. Guidelines for employment diagnostics in times of continuous change

    08 March 2023

    This guidance note outlines ILO’s approach to employment diagnostics in order to analyse labour market dynamics in continuous change.

  2. Employment diagnostics

    07 February 2023

    The first essential step towards creating decent jobs for all.

  3. Using data from rapid surveys for employment policy: Applications in the COVID-19 era and beyond

    21 June 2022

    This brief focuses on providing guidance on the proper use of data from rapid surveys focused on employment outcomes. This includes the assessment of data quality, appropriate data analysis, and the interpretation and communication of findings.

Recent country studies

  1. Technology in public employment services to promote youth employment in Asia and the Pacific

    30 June 2023

    This report provides insights into how public employment services in Asia-Pacific are digitally transforming and how they are using technology to support youth in the labour market.

  2. ILO Youth Country Briefs: Cross country review

    27 June 2023

    This analytical Brief reviews and compares the findings of the Briefs on the seven countries - Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal and Uganda. It tracks the trends in youth labour markets, the impact of COVID-19 on youth employment, and the school-to-work transition across and its evolution in recent years. It identifies where youth labour market outcomes indicate recovery and where challenges remain in these countries.

  3. ILO Youth Country Briefs: Uganda

    27 June 2023

    This analytical Brief summarises youth labour markets, the impact of COVID-19 on youth employment, and the school-to-work transition in Uganda and its evolution in recent years. It identifies where youth labour market outcomes indicate recovery and where challenges remain in Uganda.

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ILO Country Assessments: COVID-19 impact on employment and labour markets

Browse the map to see ILO assessments implemented in different countries across the globe to measure the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on employment.