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Assessment of drivers and constraints to occupational safety and health improvement in the sugar cane supply chain in Colombia

This ILO study analyzes the factors that promote and hinder occupational safety and health across every link of the sugarcane supply chain in Colombia and proposes intervention models to strengthen it.

Research Brief

Summary Note on Just Transition

Achieving decent work and economic growth

Tracking progress towards SDG 8 in Europe and Central Asia

This regional brief presents an overview of progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 8 (SDG 8) in Europe and Central Asia, drawing on the latest available data to assess key trends, disparities, and persistent challenges.

ILO Brief

Advancing a Safe and Healthy Working Environment and Decent Work in the Tanning and Leather Industry

This ILO brief highlights the significance and challenges of the global tanning and leather industry. This centuries-old industry produces a wide range of goods, from high-end fashion items to everyday consumer products, and plays a crucial role in...

Advancing Decent Work in Supply chains

Decent Work Challenges and Opportunities in the Textiles and Clothing Sector

This ILO brief highlights the critical role of the textiles and clothing industries in global economic and employment growth. These sectors provide jobs to over 90 million people, predominantly women, and are undergoing significant transformations...

Advancing social justice in a changing world of work

Addressing megatrends, evolving policy developments and other drivers of change through sectoral social dialogue

This ILO brief focuses on addressing megatrends and policy developments that are reshaping the global labor landscape. The publication highlights the International Labour Organization's (ILO) efforts to promote decent work and social justice through...

Institutional capacity building

Advocacy and lobbying guide. Tools and best practices for Employer and Business Membership Organizations.

Employer and Business Membership Organizations (EBMOs) play a crucial role in effective lobbying and advocacy, acting as the collective voice of businesses and ensuring that their concerns and contributions are recognized in policy-making. This...

Flagship Programme

Global Flagship Programme on Building Social Protection Floors for All: 2024 Report

Launched in 2016, the ILO’s Global Flagship Programme on Building Social Protection Floors for All (SPF Flagship Programme) supports ILO member States in developing sustainable social protection systems, including floors, and contributing to the...

Factsheet

Approach to Integrated Market Systems: Dairy value chain in the Somali Region, Ethiopia

This factsheet captures the transformative impact of the ILO's Approach to Integrated Market Systems (AIMS) in the Fafan zone of the Somali Region, Ethiopia.

Informality

A Multidimensional Analysis of the persistence of Informality in Youth-led Businesses

Kasulu, Tanzania (ILO Brief) - Previous research, including by the International Labour Organization (ILO), has highlighted a significant correlation between the various dimensions of poverty and informal employment. For example, household size and...

2024 Observance of recruitment and working conditions in the cotton harvest in Turkmenistan

The findings in this report highlight both the progress made in recent years and the areas requiring further improvement.

Research report

Decent work and responsible business practices in Indonesia's electronics manufacturing sector

This study, which initiated by the Government of Japan-funded ILO-RISSC project, focusses on the two main production types in Indonesia's electronics industry: producers of electronics parts and components and final product assembly, which occurs in...

Technical Guidance Note

Gender-responsive National Employment Policies: A path for gender equality

This Technical Guidance Note provides guidance to countries on how to develop and implement a gender-responsive National Employment Policy (NEP). NEPs are widely adopted in emerging and developing countries and bring together different policy areas...

ILO Brief

Advancing decent work in the sugarcane supply chain

This ILO brief from March 2025 discusses advancing Decent Work in the sugarcane supply chain, highlighting the industry's growth driven by technological advancements and rising demand for sugar and bioethanol. The sugar supply chain involves diverse...

Guide

Reference guide on Employment Impact Assessment, Second edition

This document sets out guidelines on employment impact assessments. It also describes the methods and tools most frequently used by the ILO’s Employment Policy, Livelihoods and Jobs Creation Department.

ILO Brief

Intervention Model: For extending social protection to migrant fishers

Drawing from the ILO Guide on “Extending Social Protection to Migrant Workers, Refugees, and their Families” developed in collaboration with ISSA and ITCILO, the Intervention Models aim to provide policymakers and practitioners with succinct...

Social Finance Brief: Navigating a just transition - Financial sector roadmap

The transition to a low-carbon climate-resilient society requires substantial injection of financial investments. The public sector cannot do this alone: private investors and financial institutions must play a role in providing the necessary...

Labour market reform

Grenada's labour market in focus: Trends, challenges and future prospects

This report presents a comprehensive analysis of Grenada’s labour market conditions, trends and challenges. Its primary objective is to offer evidence-based insights that inform labour market reforms and policy decisions, including the development...

SDG-Aligned Budgeting to Transform Employment in Mongolia

Accelerating progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through decent work SDG monitoring and country profile for Mongolia

This is the second monitoring report on progress made towards achieving the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through decent work for Mongolia. The report presents an SDG-related statistical and legal framework and, where possible, it also...

Social protection

Investment Governance Model and Investment Diversification Strategy for the National Social Security Fund of Lao PDR

ILO and The Unite Consulting have prepared this report for the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic.