Publications on labour migration
April 2022
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ILO Working paper 60
Mobile internet, skills and structural transformation in Rwanda
25 April 2022
We study the impact of mobile internet rollout on Rwanda’s labour market. Areas with higher mobile internet coverage experience an increase in employment opportunities, especially towards high skilled and high-value-added activities.
January 2021
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Policy brief
COVID-19 - Tackling the jobs crisis in the Least Developed Countries
18 January 2021
This policy brief provides an overview of the evolution of the COVID-19-induced health and labour market crises in the Least Developed Countries (LDCs). While highlighting how the outbreak is affecting jobs and incomes, and looking at policy responses so far, it also provides suggestions for national employment and economic policies, as well as international support, to help LDCs on their path to a job-rich recovery and future resilience.
December 2020
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ILO Working Paper 20
COVID-19, jobs and the future of work in the LDCs: A (disheartening) preliminary account
15 December 2020
This paper provides an overview of the evolution of the COVID-19-induced health and labour market crises in the Least Developed Countries (LDCs), drawing on a large set of available data and sources. It highlights how the outbreak is affecting jobs and incomes via multiple channels of transmission. It looks at policy responses so far and provides some suggestions for national employment and economic policies, as well as international support to help LDCs on their path to a job-rich recovery and future resilience.
May 2019
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9-10 May 2019, International Labour Organization, Geneva
Conference Programme
09 May 2019
The 2019 CEPR/IGC/ILO/GSEM Conference on Labour Markets in Developing Countries will be held in Geneva from 9-10 May 2019 at the headquarters of the ILO. The Conference is jointly organised by CEPR, IGC, ILO and the Institute of Economics and Econometrics at the GSEM-University of Geneva.
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9-10 May 2019, International Labour Organization, Geneva
First ILO-CEPR-IGC-UNIGE Conference on Labour Markets and Developing Countries - Keynote Speakers
09 May 2019
The conference features two keynote talks by Professor Michael Greenstone (University of Chicago and CEPR) and Professor Robert Townsend (MIT and CEPR).
February 2013
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Publication
Thailand - A labour market profile
01 February 2013
This publication brings together available labour market indicators to provide the most up-to-date picture of the Thai labour market in a simple, easy-to-read style. It spans a wealth of socio-economic and labour market information - from gross domestic product growth rates, disparities, employment and unemployment to migration, labour shortages and working time and includes the gender and regional implications. The impact of the recent economic crisis on the labour market is also assessed, and the final chapter provides some conclusions and recommendations.
June 2011
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Publication
Employment diagnostic analysis: Bosnia and Herzegovina
23 June 2011
Employment Working Paper No. 86