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.
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Understanding patterns of structural discrimination of migrant and other workers in some countries of South and West Asia
19 April 2022
This background paper reviews the literature that sheds light on the structural patterns of discrimination against migrant workers in some countries of South and West Asia. It also articulates recommendations that would help officials in UN agencies, international organizations, constituents and other civil society individuals and groups, while referring to the existing evidence of structural discrimination to support the application of international labour standards.
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Tracer study: Skills Profiling Application in Egypt for refugees and host communities
19 April 2022
ILO PROSPECTS Egypt in collaboration with Skilllab, a social start-up based in the Netherlands, and the Association of Businessmen in Alexandria (ABA), piloted a skills-profiling application that enables refugees and host communities to self-assess and communicate their skills to potential employers.
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Behavioural insights in employers’ choice of recruitment services for domestic work
04 April 2022
The ILO launched a campaign based on behavioural science, in a bid to influence the market in Hong Kong towards greater demand for fair recruitment practices. This report presents the results of the randomised control trial that was designed and used to identify the most effective message frame to trigger the behaviour of employers of domestic workers in Hong Kong (China) and influence their choice of private recruitment agencies when hiring foreign domestic workers.
March 2022
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Compendium of promising practices to advance fair recruitment of (migrant) workers: 5 years of the Fair Recruitment Initiative
29 March 2022
In 2020, the ILO reviewed progress made since the launch of the Fair Recruitment Initiative five years earlier, by conducting a stocktaking exercise aimed at documenting promising practices towards fair recruitment, now documented in this Compendium of Promisnig Practices
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Meeting document
Agenda - Regional launch of the Fair recruitment Initiative (Phase II, 2021-2025) - Africa Region
24 March 2022
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Promising practices for fair recruitment
Establishment of the National Union of Malagasy Domestic Workers (SENAMAMA)
23 March 2022
This promising practice is part of a series, and results from a stocktaking exercise undertaken five years after the launch of the Fair Recruitment Initiative (FRI).
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Promising practices for fair recruitment
Code of Conduct for Ethiopian Overseas Private Employment Agencies
23 March 2022
This promising practice is part of a series, and results from a stocktaking exercise undertaken five years after the launch of the Fair Recruitment Initiative (FRI).
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Promising practices for fair recruitment
Recruitment of health workers through bilateral labour agreements (BLAs): Kenya and the United Kingdom
23 March 2022
This promising practice is part of a series, and results from a stocktaking exercise undertaken five years after the launch of the Fair Recruitment Initiative (FRI).
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Promising practices for fair recruitment
Madagascar alignment of labour code to newly ratified conventions
23 March 2022
This promising practice is part of a series, and results from a stocktaking exercise undertaken five years after the launch of the Fair Recruitment Initiative (FRI).