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.

Employment Seminar Series

Informal and Formal Employment in a Liberalizing Economy

21 February 2019

ILO Research paper No. 20

The impact of minimum wage increases on the South African economy in the Global Policy Model

09 November 2017

This paper uses the United Nations Global Policy Model (GPM) to assess the impact of increases in minimum wages on the South African economy. The results indicate that higher (relative) real wage growth rebalances national income, and the labour share increases since relative wages rise and employment is roughly maintained.

Publication

Women’s Entrepreneurship Development

01 March 2016

The ILO approach to Women’s Entrepreneurship Development - Sustainable Enterprises

Conditions of Work and Employment Series No. 61

Non-standard work and workers: Organizational implications

14 October 2015

Publication

Why should AIDS be part of the Africa Development Agenda?

04 February 2015

African leaders have the power to create a future of opportunity for their people by accelerating implementation of their commitment to ending AIDS in a new road map grounded in principles of social justice and inclusive growth.

Publication

Shared Harvests: Agriculture, Trade, and Employment (ILO-UNCTAD)

14 May 2013

The edited volume “Shared Harvests: Agriculture, Trade and Employment” is the outcome of a technical cooperation project entitled “Assessing and Addressing the Effects of Trade and Employment” managed jointly by the European Commission and the International Labour Office (ILO) with funding from the European Union, and collaborative work between the ILO and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). The research findings in this volume emphasize the need to make agriculture (or re-establish it as) a high policy priority, particularly in the domains of development, trade, and employment.

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Upgrading informal apprenticeship - A resource guide for Africa

12 January 2012

A policy learning approach to shift informal apprenticeship back into the focus of national priorities for enhancing skills and youth employability.

Publication

Safety and Health in Agriculture. Code of practice

28 November 2011

This code of practice is intended to raise awareness of the hazards and risks associated with agriculture and promote their effective management and control; to help prevent occupational accidents and diseases and improve the working environment in practice; to encourage governments, employers, workers and other stakeholders to cooperate to prevent accidents and diseases; and to promote more positive attitudes and behaviour towards occupational safety and health in agriculture throughout the sector.

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Skills, productivity and employment growth. The case of Latin America

24 June 2008

The aim of this study is to illustrate the relations between training and workers' skills, productivity and the growth of quality employment in societies in Latin America by means of an analysis of the existing information and case studies of four different countries (Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Peru). A review of the activities of ...