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Progressive access to finance and support to encourage enterprise formalization: Experiences from Egypt and Chile

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.

Trade and decent work: Handbook of assessment methodologies

This Handbook presents and critically evaluates the methodologies used to assess the impact of trade on various areas of decent work. To that end, it traces the evolution of theories and methodological approaches ranging from the macro (country),...

Building effective employer and business membership organizations

How to set up and run a business coalition for youth entrepreneurship: a practical handbook

A business coalition for youth entrepreneurship is a group of businesses and like-minded groups that work together to promote and support youth who own or want to start their own enterprise. The business coalition can take many forms, and there is...

Social protection in case of job loss: possible options to expand the coverage with unemployment protection programmes in Uzbekistan

This national report was drafted under the guidance of the International Labour Organization (ILO) team within the UN Joint Programme on Social Protection in Uzbekistan funded by the Joint SDG Fund. The purpose of this report is to provide options...

Trade and decent work: Indicator guide

The purpose of the present Guide is to provide analytical tools, which can support further research on trade and decent work. It offers a broad set of labour market indicators for trade policy assessment that can be used in studies on the nexus...

World Social Protection Report 2020-22 – Chapter 4

Social protection for older women and men

Purchasing practices and working conditions in global supply chains: Results from field work in Bangladesh, China, India, South Africa and...

Regional Report on Jobs and Growth in North Africa 2020

This report examines the relationship between the pace and pattern of growth and labour market outcomes in North Africa.

Promoting decent work in India: July - September 2021

This is the third edition of the update covering key initiatives and achievements of the ILO and its constituents contributing to the priorities of India Decent Work Country Programme 2018-22.

Rapid labour force survey of Covid19 impact. Wave 3

Global review of impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on labour force surveys and dissemination of labour market statistics

In March 2021 the ILO undertook a global survey of national data producers to understand the impacts of the pandemic on their statistical operations particularly in the domain of labour statistics. The findings show that impacts were very wide...

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Regional study of child labour and social protection in childhood in Argentina - Executive summary

Results Book

Vision Zero Fund is a multi-stakeholder initiative that makes real, measurable improvements in occupational safety and health around the world. Since 2016, it has been eliminating severe and fatal work-related accidents, injuries, and diseases...

Collective action for safer and healthier supply chains

Collective action for safer and healthier supply chains This document provides detailed information on the framework implemented by Vision Zero Fund to develop practical approaches to mobilizing national and international stakeholders to take...

Financing for development in the era of COVID-19 and beyond. Employer inputs on the socio-economic response

LFS modular time use measurement project

Closing the gender data gap on unpaid domestic and care work

Global Skills Partnership on Migration Flyer

The Global Skills Partnership on Migration (GSPM) is an initiative between ILO, IOM, UNESCO, IOE and ITUC to join forces and mobilise expertise for the development and recognition of skills of migrant workers. It supports governments, employers and...

Mapping of the national social protection system in Ethiopia, including social health protection

The mapping of the national social protection system in Ethiopia, including social health insurance, is carried out as part of a joint technical study by the International Labour Organization and partner United Nations agencies.

Start and Improve Your Business: Development of trainers to support informal economy enterprizes

This report presents the outcomes and analysis of the International Labour Organization’s Start and Improve Your Business Trainer Development process. The trainer development programme is implemented within the project outcome 2 of the Employment...

The Effects Of Covid-19 On The Micro And Small Enterprises (MSE) In Bulawayo

The International Labour Organization’s Employment Promotion and Labour Market Governance Programme (EPLMGP) compiled this brief report on the effects of Covid-19 on the micro and small enterprises (MSE) in Bulawayo. The purpose of the report is...