Publications
The ILO Country Office for the Philippines (CO-Manila) publishes a wide range of books, reports, working papers, training manuals, CD-ROMs, videos and flash movies. Some of these can be downloaded directly. Others can be requested or purchased in hard copy from the ILO Knowledge Centre in Manila or by email.
1996
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Practical actions for the social protection of homeworkers in the Philippines
14 June 1996
The campaign for social protection of homeworkers in the Philippines has had eight project years, from 18 June 1988 to 18 June 1996. The task has certainly been interesting, inspiring and instructive. Yet there is much to be attained, after all, social protection is a life-long need and concern.
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INDISCO guidelines for extension workers
30 May 1996
This handbook has been prepared for managers and extension officers to enable them to operate the Revolving Funds in the pilot project areas.
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Girls at work: Insights from the NSO survey of working children
15 March 1996
The survey data provides tremendous evidence about a number of things about work of men and women. The data dramatically shows that many of the issues and concerns of women in the workplace start at childhood when the girl child is introduced to the world of work.
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Child labour in Southeast Asian manufacturing industries focus on the garments industry in the Philippines: A country report
15 March 1996
The Philippine garments industry employs the most number of child workers, girls in particular. The study focuses on why enterprises hire them and why households allow children to work.
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Seminar toward the formulation of a framework for gender and sustainable development for women agricultural workers and indigenous women of Southern Mindanao: A report
29 January 1996
The seminar was designed to put substance to a drat network for gender and sustainable development using the perspectives of women agricultural workers and indigenous women of Southern Mindanao.
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A case study of young workers in the furniture industry of Cebu: A country report
26 January 1996
The study was done in three reconnaissance, actual field interviews and additional follow-up interviews with registered and non-registered subcontractors. The last phase included occular visits and unstructured interviews with homebased subcontractors.
1995
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New challenges and opportunities for the informal sector: A seminar on the informal sector in Metro Manila
15 December 1995
The Interdepartmental Project on the Urban Informal Sector aims at contributing to efforts to progressively improve the quality of employment, particularly productivity, social protection and occupational safety and health.
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Practical ideas for owners and managers of small and medium-sized garments subcontractors: Action manual
15 December 1995
The book indicates some basic principles and gives many examples of improvements which have a direct impact both on production facilities and operations and on the motivation and efficiency of workers.
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"We evaluate...": INDISCO partner indigenous and tribal communities evaluate their own development projects in India and the Philippines
12 December 1995
We evaluate... is a collection of self-evaluation reports from INDISCO pilot projects in India and the Philippines. They reflect the feelings of indigenous and tribal groups, their aspirations and their voice in their own development.
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ASEAN: Human resources development and international competitiveness
10 November 1995
As international competitiveness is closely related to the quality of the human resources in the country, it is not surprising that all the ASEAN countries are giving the highest priority to their human resources development (education and training) programmes. In recent years either implemented comprehensive reforms in education and training system or are considering such reforms.
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Helping the hard ones: Child scavengers of the Philippines
01 November 1995
This case study describes an experimental programme with scavenger children at the huge garbage dump in Manila, Philippines known as Smokey Mountain. The study shows the model that was used, the process by which it was developed, and the insights gained about child scavenging and its physical and emotional effects. The intention is to give a practitioner's perspective on the difficulties and importance of child labour work.
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Credit unions as channels of micro-credit lines: The Philippine case
20 October 1995
The report presents the findings of a sample survey of 105 credit unions affiliated to two-nationwide federations. The survey focused on the effects of external funding on the growth of credit unions, their resource base and diversity especially savings mobilization from members, profitability and loan delinquency.
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Licking poverty with self-reliance: A story of the Batangan community in Balani Village, Sablayan, Occidental Mindoro
10 October 1995
In 1957, the ILO promulgated Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention No. 107, an accord which essentially seeks to integrate the Indigenous and Tribal Peoples into the mainstream of society.
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Processes of formalization and informalization: Selected cases
25 September 1995
The legal definition of informal sector enterprises focuses on the fact that they are not registered and do not, therefore, apply the various registrations which are normally adhered to by formal sector enterprises. It is important to identify the reasons or constraints which prevent such enterprises from registering with the local and/or national government agencies.
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Formalization of enterprises through registration: Main report
28 August 1995
The report summarizes the finding and recommendations of an extensive study on the process of formalization.
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Subcontracting in Metro Manila: Operations and perspectives
30 June 1995
In the Philippine setting, subcontracting is still a sensitive issue. The contending parties are the employers and the organized labour sector. The government sector, who is the third party in the issue precariously balances itself in-between.
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Revolving loan fund memorandum of agreement
09 May 1995
The Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) is being utilized primarily to provide the financial requirements of the members of the Federation of Matigsalog-Manobo Tribal Councils for their initial livelihood undertakings.
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Child workers in footwear manufacturing in Marikina
14 April 1995
The child labour problem concerns all types and sizes of enterprises, but is more prevalent in informal sector enterprises. The study focusses on child labourers engaged in Marikina's footwear industry.
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National desk review: The Philippines
17 March 1995
The ILO through its interdepartmental project on Environment and the World of Work has a particular role to play in promoting closer and more varied integration of environment issues within the everyday world of work. In this respect, and as ILO's commitment to promoting effective follow-up action to Agenda 21 - the programme of action adopted at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in 1992.
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Indigenous knowledge system and practices among selected Philippine ethnic groups and their promotion through cooperatives
24 February 1995
The ILO is glad to release this study as contribution to promoting the role of the indigenous people to sustainable development. It is hope that this will be a helpful reference to development workers, researchers, policy-makers and other parties committed to the application of indigenous knowledge and practices to the current times along with modern practice and technologies.