Article

Emerging Insight: Ten years of impact insurance

04 September 2018

News

ILO’s participation in the 17th National Cooperative Congress in Colombia

31 August 2018

ILO participated in the 17th National Cooperative Congress in Cartagena, Colombia, to share ILO’s cooperative development initiatives in the world of work.

News

ILO COOP eNewsUpdate Issue No. 8, August 2018

31 August 2018

ILO Research Paper Series

The future of work in a changing natural environment: Climate change, degradation and sustainability

30 August 2018

Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators

Cooperative of Associated Work Planeta Verde: Improving living conditions of waste pickers in Colombia

23 August 2018

"Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators" is a series of interviews with cooperators from around the world with whom ILO officials have crossed paths during the course of their work with cooperatives. On this occasion, ILO interviewed Martha Elena Iglesias, a waste picker and the leader of Cooperative of Associated Work Planeta Verde in Colombia.

Article

Emerging Insight: Making change happen

22 August 2018

G20 Argentina 2018

The employment impact of climate change adaptation

15 August 2018

This report was prepared by the International Labour Organization (ILO) for the G20 Climate Sustainability Working Group (CSWG) under the Argentina G20 Presidency in 2018. It shows that adaptation measures to climate change, such as investment in adaptation infrastructure can create jobs and protect workers and income. Social protection, enterprise development and skills policy are necessary to maximise the positive effect of the transition to a climate resilient economy.

Joint ILO / World Bank publication

Pathways to formalization: Going beyond the formality dichotomy. The case of Peru

15 August 2018

Green Jobs Study

Assessment and Model of Green Jobs Potential in India

09 August 2018

The key purpose of this study is to understand the prevalence of green jobs in India by developing a national-level green input-output (IO) table. Six sectors are specifically analysed: the four green sectors of forestry and logging, watershed development, wind energy, and metro transport services, and the two related sectors of wind turbine generator (WTG) manufacturing and rail transport services (other than metro).

Publication

Transforming our world: A cooperative 2030 - Cooperative contributions to SDG 10

09 August 2018

This brief is part of the Transforming our world: A cooperative 2030 series produced by the Committee for the Promotion and Advancement of Cooperatives (COPAC). Through a series of 17 briefs, one for each Sustainable Development Goal (SDG), COPAC hopes to raise awareness about the significant contributions of cooperative enterprises towards achieving the 2030 Agenda in a sustainable, inclusive and responsible way, and encourage continued support for their efforts. This brief in the series focuses on SDG 10 - reducing inequality within and among countries.