Publication

Local Resource-Based Approaches in Water Works

27 August 2019

The document brings evidence from 12 projects showing the approach in different stages of the project cycle focussing on water and sanitation, small dams; irrigation systems and adaptation works.

Publication

The enabling environment for sustainable enterprises in Timor-Leste

22 November 2017

This ILO report provides an overview of the research findings of the EESE assessment. It identifies the relative strengths and weaknesses of the enabling environment for sustainable enterprises in Timor-Leste.

Employment Policy Brief

New automation technologies and job creation and destruction dynamics

12 May 2017

This policy brief addresses the following question: is the labour-replacing potential of the technological revolution so far-reaching that it is inherently different from what has been experienced in the past, and on balance is an inhibitor rather than a generator of decent work?

ILO Research paper No. 16

Linking jobs in global supply chains to demand

18 August 2016

This paper presents evidence on the number of jobs in global supply chains for 40 countries, and explores in detail whose demand these jobs depend on in terms of countries and sectors. The paper documents the rapidly increasing number of jobs supported by production linkages between emerging economies, and provides evidence on the so-called servicification of manufacturing. Wage shares drop when a sector increases its participation in global supply chains as a supplier.

Publication

Summary of the report 'Assessment of labour provisions in trade and investment arrangements'

13 July 2016

ILO report looks at how the increasing number of labour provisions in trade agreements are impacting the world of work.

Studies on Growth with Equity

Assessment of labour provisions in trade and investment arrangements

13 July 2016

ILO Research paper No. 13

Corporate Social Responsibility in International Trade and Investment Agreements: Implications for States, Business and Workers

29 April 2016

This paper assesses the reference to CSR commitments in trade and investment agreements and finds that CSR language is relatively weak in terms of obligation, precision and delegation. Emphasising the potential to use the mechanisms that are provided in these agreements to activate and follow-up CSR commitments, it looks at what the implications could be for states, business and workers, and the potential ILO involvement.

Publication

Illustrated guidelines for gender-responsive employment intensive investment programmes

15 March 2016

This guide is the outcome of a study carried out on gender and public works, and has been developed using evidence from 43 EIIPs implemented in 27 countries in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and Latin America between 1995 and 2013.

Publication

Employers have strong, independent and representative organization (Outcome 9 - 2016) - Final evaluation (Final Evaluation Summary)

17 February 2016

Project: GLO/14/59/NOR, GLO/14/73/SID, and RAS/14/58/NOR - Evaluation Consultant: David Irwin

Publication

Transforming Economies: Making industrial policy work for growth, jobs and development - Introduction

05 May 2014

Industrial policy, productive transformation and jobs: Theory, history and practice