Publications on tripartism and social dialogue

  1. Migrant workers

    Cost of recruitment in the Indonesia–Malaysia migration corridor: Employer perspectives from participating plantation companies

    15 March 2022

    This study looks into the recruitment costs borne by select companies that employ migrant workers in Malaysian palm oil plantations. It examines the companies’ roles and the processes involved in the recruitment of migrant workers; identifies the costs borne by these companies; and identifies good practices and areas for improvement.

  2. Publication

    Guidance on Bilateral labour migration agreements

    17 February 2022

    Bilateral labour migration agreements if based on international labour standards can be a key tool in labour migration governance which ensures safe, orderly and regular labour migration.

    To support the development of such agreements, this guidance was produced by a multi-stakeholder thematic working group under the United Nations Network on Migration, co-chaired by ILO with IOM.

  3. Book

    Trade unions and migrant workers: New contexts and challenges in Europe

    20 December 2017

    This timely book analyses the relationship between trade unions, immigration and migrant workers across eleven European countries in the period between the 1990s and 2015.

  4. Working in Freedom Project

    Working conditions of migrant garment workers in India: A literature review

    13 March 2017

  5. Publication

    Tripartite action to protect migrants from labour exploitation (ASEAN TRIANGLE) (Final evaluation Summary)

    15 June 2016

    Project: RAS/12/01/CAN - Evaluation Consultant: Theo van der Loop

  6. Publication

    Tripartite action to protect migrants within and from the GMS from labour exploitation (Final Evaluation Summary)

    04 August 2015

    Projects: RAS/10/01/AUS - Chantelle McCabe

  7. Publication

    Development of a Tripartite Framework for the Support and Protection of Ethiopian Women Domestic Migrant Workers to the GCC States, Lebanon and Sudan (Midterm Evaluation Summary)

    11 March 2015

    Project: RAF/12/09/EEC - Evaluation Consultant: Prof. Oladele Arowolo

  8. Labour migration

    Building human capital through labor migration in Asia

    26 January 2015

    This report summarizes major policy and practical issues discussed by international and Asian experts at the Fourth Roundtable on Labor Migration: Building Human Capital across Borders which was co-organized by the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI), the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), and the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Tokyo from 27 to 28 January 2014.

  9. Publication

    Tripartite action to protect migrants from labour exploitation - ASEAN TRIANGLE (Midterm Evaluation Summary)

    22 July 2014

    Project: RAS/12/01/CAN - Evaluation Consultant: Pierre Mahy

  10. Publication

    Reaffirming and promoting rights during transition: development results 2012-2013

    30 June 2014

    By looking at a narrow set of indicators, such as the rate of privatization, trade openness, debt, inflation and foreign direct investment, most analysts had concluded that Arab countries were on the right track economically in the lead up to the Arab uprisings.