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The enhancement of input-output based employment assessment tools for EU operations in sub-Saharan Africa

Zimbabwe Labour Market Diagnostic Analysis

This report presents the findings of the Zimbabwe Labour Market Diagnostic Analysis (LMDA), which the Government of Zimbabwe conducted through the Ministry of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare, with support from the International Labour...

Mapping the Social and Solidarity Economy Landscape in Asia - Spotlight on China

This brief is part of the series “Mapping the Social and Solidarity Economy Landscape in Asia” that presents the SSE landscape for six countries in Asia, policy challenges and preliminary pathways for strengthening SSE in the region. The research is...

Mapping the Social and Solidarity Economy Landscape in Asia - Spotlight on Philipines

This brief is part of the series “Mapping the Social and Solidarity Economy Landscape in Asia” that presents the SSE landscape for six countries in Asia, policy challenges and preliminary pathways for strengthening SSE in the region. The research is...

Cooperatives and the wider social and solidarity economy as vehicles to decent work in the culture and creative sector

Recognizing the important role that the creative economy plays in social and economic progress, the UN General Assembly declared 2021 as the International Year of Creative Economy for Sustainable Development. The culture and creative sector (CCS),...

MOOC on R205

Information note: Massive Open Online Course on ILO's Recommendation No. 205

Labour Overview series for Latin America and the Caribbean 2021

Overview of social protection systems in Latin America and the Caribbean: Progress and setbacks in the face of the pandemic - Technical note

The crisis triggered by the COVID-19 outbreak has exposed the gap that persists in the region to achieve comprehensive protection systems, based on a social protection floor which guarantees for universal access to health and economic security over...

Non-discrimination

Country Gender Equality Profile – Viet Nam 2021

The joint publication developed by UNWOMEN in Viet Nam, ILO Viet Nam, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade of the Australian Embassy, Hanoi, and the Asian Development Bank is the first comprehensive gender profile of Viet Nam.

Non-discrimination

Country Gender Equality Profile – Viet Nam 2021: Executive summary

The joint publication developed by UNWOMEN in Viet Nam, ILO Viet Nam, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade of the Australian Embassy, Hanoi, and the Asian Development Bank is the first comprehensive gender profile of Viet Nam.

Policy brief

An uneven and gender-unequal COVID-19 recovery: Update on gender and employment trends 2021

The COVID-19 crisis caused unprecedented job losses, hitting women the hardest, particularly in middle-income countries. The COVID-19 recovery is proving both uneven and gender-unequal, as women’s employment recovery is lagging behind men’s.

Application of key labour law provisions during the COVID-19 pandemic in Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and the Russian...

The COVID-19 pandemic has presented countries with unprecedented challenges. While understandable given the unprecedented scale of the economic impact, one of the questions that can be asked in this respect is whether businesses that terminated...

Promoting business linkages with small enterprises as an incentive to formalize

This document is part of a series of case studies by the Enterprises Department of the ILO. Each case study presents one or several approaches that contribute to enterprise formalization across the world.

Certification and access to markets as an incentive to formalize

This document is part of a series of case studies by the Enterprises Department of the ILO. Each case study presents one or several approaches that contribute to enterprise formalization across the world.

Improved working conditions, productivity and income for formalized women tanners

This document is part of a series of case studies by the Enterprises Department of the ILO. Each case study presents one or several approaches that contribute to enterprise formalization across the world.

Refugees and the Egyptian Labour Market

Conference Committee on the Application of Standards: Record of Proceedings (ILC 2021)

The Conference Committee on the Application of Standards, a standing tripartite body of the International Labour Conference and an essential component of the ILO’s supervisory system, examines each year the report published by the Committee of...

Putting Gender at the Heart of Business Environment Reform

This report charts some key entryways for better incorporating gender in business environment reform, with a focus both on policies themselves, and the processes for their proper implementation.

Publicación

Gender perspective in child labour - Executive summary

This study seeks to understand, from a gende rperspective, how the living conditions of families,how the professional careers of adults and how the sexual division of labour in households affect the associations that Children and Adolescents(C&As)...

Report

Refugees and the Egyptian Labour Market: An analysis of the potential role of employers’ organizations

This report aims to create the foundation for social dialogue, by better understanding the position of employers on the topic of refugees and their economic inclusion in Egypt.

Publicación

The Emergency Family Income (IFE) policy - Executive summary