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i-eval Think Piece no. 28

Results and reflections from a quality appraisal of 2023-24 ILO evaluation reports, with a focus on the value of participatory approaches

Quick facts - Decent work results and effectiveness of ILO operations: An ex-post meta-analysis of development cooperation evaluations, 2024

Quick facts - Independent high-level evaluation of the ILO’s strategies and actions under the Youth Employment Action Plan 2020-30

Quick facts - Independent high-level evaluation of ILO's Decent Work Country Programme strategies and activities in ILO-subregion of...

Quick facts - Independent high-level evaluation of the ILO's Better Work Programme (2014 – 25), with a focus on Phase V Strategy (2022 – 27)

Quick facts - Annual evaluation report 2024-25

Technical note

How many hours are worked in Latin America and the Caribbean? Indicators of working time and its organisation

ILO Brief

Can Indonesia cover all older persons with a public pension scheme?

ILO analysis shows a clear route to sustainable and adequate pensions for the country’s elderly population.

ILO Working Paper 153

The return of the visible hand: Social dialogue and the making of 21st-century industrial policy

Industrial policy has returned amid geopolitical rivalry, supply-chain fragility, and contemporary grand transitions, but its performance hinges less on ideology than on governance and design. By examining three comparative cases (Germany, Republic...

Scoping study on promoting labour market reintegration in the context of climate mobility in Pacific Island countries

This study on Promoting Labour Market Reintegration in the context of Climate Mobility in Pacific Island Countries provides timely and critical insights into how we can better respond to these challenges. It underscores that climate mobility is not...

The future of seafarers: Emerging challenges, opportunities and achieving decent work for seafarers in selected Pacific Island countries -...

This report offers an in-depth exploration of the realities facing seafarers in Fiji, Kiribati, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu. Through careful research and stakeholder input, the study highlights the structural, regulatory and social barriers that...

Adapting on the edge: Accelerating climate resilience through market systems development in fragility and displacement context

Care at home: Projecting Thailand’s need for national and migrant labour for home-based care for older persons

Thailand is ageing. By 2037, one third of the population will be over 60 years of age. This study projects that the need for paid home-based care workers will increase by at least 70 per cent, with up to 250,000 additional paid care workers required...

Second (revised) edition

Guide to private employment agencies

Private employment agencies are increasingly shaping the world of work — connecting job seekers to opportunities, helping employers meet skills needs, and supporting more dynamic labour markets. Yet with this growing influence comes responsibility:...

ILO Global Business and Disability Network policy brief

Artificial Intelligence and the Employment of Persons with Disabilities

This policy brief by the ILO Global Business and Disability Network aims to equip companies with an understanding of the implications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) use when it comes to the employment of persons with disabilities – highlighting...

National Labour Migration Policy of Somalia

This book contains the National Labour Migration Policy of Somalia, marking a historic milestone as the country's first dedicated national framework for managing labour mobility. Developed with technical support from the International Labour...

National Labour Migration Policy Implementation Strategy and Action Plan of Somalia

This book is the National Labour Migration Policy Implementation Strategy and Action Plan for Somalia, developed with the support of the International Labour Organization (ILO) BRMM Programme. It is Somalia's first comprehensive, rights-based...

ILO Working Paper 152

Compliance with Labour Regulations in West African Countries : A Multi-Dimensional and Dynamic Analysis

This paper examines compliance with labour regulations across West Africa, revealing widespread and persistent gaps between legal protections and workers’ actual conditions. It highlights the need to strengthen enforcement and promote decent work to...

ILO Brief

The two-year war in Gaza: Impacts on employment and livelihoods in the West Bank - October 2025

This bulletin outlines the impact of the war in Gaza on employment and livelihoods in the West Bank. It is the sixth in a series of bulletins from the ILO and the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) on the impact of the recent crisis on...

References made to the MNE Declaration in International Framework Agreements