Publication

Progressive access to finance and support to encourage enterprise formalization: Experiences from Egypt and Chile

05 October 2021

This document is part of a series of case studies by the Enterprises Department of the ILO. Each case study presents one or several approaches that contribute to enterprise formalization across the world.

Technical note

Labour Overview in times of COVID-19: Impact on the labour market and income in Latin America and the Caribbean [Second Edition]

30 September 2020

Latin America and the Caribbean are experiencing an unprecedented crisis in their labour markets as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The sharp loss of employment, hours worked, and income reflects the significant effects that the reduction in the level of economic activity has had on labour dynamics.

Cooperatives and the World of Work Series No. 12

Waste pickers’ cooperatives and social and solidarity economy organizations

20 August 2019

Waste pickers make significant contributions to public health, sanitation, and the environment by promoting resource circulation and reducing the amount of landfill. However, they are often not legally recognized as workers and suffer from poor working conditions and lack of social protection. This brief highlights the role of waste pickers' cooperatives and other social and solidarity economy organizations (SSEOs) in integrating and formalizing the work of waste pickers in the recycling value chain and improving their working conditions.

Research Department Working Paper n°31

Spotlight on sexual violence and harassment in commercial agriculture: Lower and middle income countries

28 May 2018

Sexual violence and harassment among commercial agricultural workers is widespread, perhaps even pervasive, throughout the world. This paper summarizes information from a synthesis of research conducted on sexual violence and harassment in four commercial agriculture contexts; one in Africa, one in Asia, and two in Latin America.

Publication

Cooperatives meeting informal economy workers' child care needs - A Joint ILO and WIEGO Initiative

25 April 2018

Cooperatives set up and run by workers in the informal economy are among the solutions in meeting women workers’ care needs, while also helping protect their labour rights. This report complements the ILO's previous studies with cases from Brazil, India, and Guatemala on how informal economy workers’ organizations can mobilize through cooperatives to provide child care services to their members. The case studies highlight diverse forms of child care provision and outline the varied partnerships needed to implement and sustain child care services for informal economy workers.

Conditions of Work and Employment Series No. 99

Unstable and On-Call Work Schedules in the United States and Canada

01 March 2018

Publication

Thematic Policy Brief – Enterprise Formalization MNEs

20 October 2016

Formalization of SMEs in supply chains in Latin America: what role for mulitnational enterprises?

Conditions of Work and Employment Series No. 75

Non-standard forms of employment in Latin America: Prevalence, characteristics and impacts on wages

31 May 2016

ILO Research paper No. 14

Global Supply Chain Dynamics and Labour Governance: Implications for Social Upgrading

13 May 2016

This paper examines how the emergence and change of the fragmented cross-national production system affects social upgrading in developing countries, focusing on the impact of private governance on labour conditions and workers’ rights. It also discusses the role of private voluntary standards in governing labour relations in GSCs, and their limitations and tensions with buyers’ purchasing practices.

Publication

Employment Situation in Latina America and the Caribbean (nº14)

11 May 2016

This new edition of Employment situation in Latin America and the Caribbean discusses how weak job creation led to the third consecutive annual decline in the employment rate, which fell by 0.4 percentage points in 2015, indicating a reduction in the number of labour income earners per household. The ensuing drop in household income has played a large part in the increase estimated in the poverty rate for 2015. As a result, many low-income households will have been forced to more strenuous efforts to find employment.