Publications on youth employment

  1. A Systemic Approach to Creating More and Better Jobs

    10 December 2019

  2. Green Business Booklet

    12 May 2017

    Going green is not only good for the environment, but makes business sense too, as the greening of enterprises results in improved access to markets, higher productivity and cost savings. The Green Business Booklet is part of the Green Jobs packages and the Start and Improve Your Business series of products and helps aspiring entrepreneurs to come up with a green business idea and existing entrepreneurs to green their businesses.

  3. A Systemic Approach to Creating More and Better Jobs

    07 December 2016

  4. A Market Systems Approach to Decent Work.

    07 December 2016

  5. A Market Systems Approach to Decent Work

    07 December 2016

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. Assessment of labour provisions in trade and investment arrangements

    13 July 2016

  9. 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.

  10. Crafting Kuza: Towards a systemic approach to job creation for youth in Mombasa

    07 April 2016

    Witnessing progress in youth employment in the micro-distribution and retail sectors of Mombasa, Kenya