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Annual evaluation report 2023-24

This year in review provides an update on how the ILO performed against its evaluation strategy. It also examines the ILO's overall developmental effectiveness, describing areas of strength and opportunities for growth. 

Social protection

Labour rights and social protection coverage for domestic workers in ASEAN

This new report by the International Labour Organization (ILO) highlights the critical need to improve labour and social protection for domestic workers across the 10-member Association of Southeast Nations (ASEAN) region.

Social protection

Quarterly Social Security Policy Monitor - Issue 18

The Quarterly Social Security Policy Monitor is produced by the ILO under the EU-China project “Improving China’s Institutional Capacity towards Universal Social Protection (Phase 2)”. It captures latest social security policy development in China,...

How to prevent and address violence and harassment at work: A training course for enterprises

The training course equips enterprises with the tools, skills and practical know-how necessary to effectively tackle violence and harassment at work. It is designed for Employer and Business Membership Organizations (EBMOs) worldwide to deliver as a...

Forced labour brochure

Brochure

A Guide to ‘Business and Human Rights’ for Institutional Investors [abridged version]

What, why and how to address human rights through investment practices

The gender pay gap in Moldova. Recent trends and policy implications

The gender pay gap (GPG) represents one of the clearest indications of the persistence of gender inequalities in the labour market. Eradication of the GPG is included in target 8.5 of the Sustainable Development Goals in line with the ILO Equal...

Fair recruitment

Recruitment fees and related costs at a glance

This brochure presents key insights on global and regional data and trends on recruitment fees and related costs, including crucial information on measuring recruitment fees and related costs.

Fair recruitment

Executive Summary - Global study on recruitment fees and related costs: Second edition

This executive summary synthesizes the key finding of the second edition of the Global Study. It presents the trends concerning recruitment fees and related costs for countries, businesses, trade unions, and other recruitment stakeholders, as well...

Fair recruitment

Global study on recruitment fees and related costs: Second edition

The second edition of the Global Study is a review of 110 countries across all five regions to document current regulatory approaches and experience on the recruitment fees and related costs. It assesses progress, challenges, and regulatory gaps and...

guidance

Workflow 4.1 - Using Long-Term Agreements (LTA) for Evaluation Services

Domestic Workers

ILO Stakeholders Meeting: Charting perfect course towards improved domestic work conditions

Tanzania (ILO News) Morogoro. As social inequalities continue to take different shapes every single day, International Labour Organisation (ILO) revolted against the alarming vicious trend by holding a task force meeting on domestic workers’...

Just transition

Employment impact of shifting to electric power generation through renewable sources in Indonesia

This is a factsheet of a new study commissioned by the International Labour Organization Country Office for the Indonesia and Timor-Leste produced by researchers at the University of Indonesia.

IRENA-ILO joint report

Renewable Energy and Jobs - Annual Review 2024

Renewable energy development not only changes the mix of energy sources powering the world’s economies, but also creates jobs, builds economic value and enhances human well-being.  This 11th edition of the Annual Review is the product of a...

ILO brief - Social Protection Spotlight

Universal social protection for healthy ageing

This instalment of the Social Protection Spotlight brief series explores the role of universal social protection in promoting healthy ageing, reducing disease and disability among older persons by ensuring equitable access to healthcare, pensions,...

DWCP Thailand

Thailand Decent Work Country Programme 2023 - 2027

The Thailand Decent Work Country Programme (DWCP) serves as the main accountability framework for International Labour Organization (ILO) collaborations in Thailand.

Executive summary

Executive summary - Independent high-level evaluation of ILO's developement cooperation strategy, 2020-25

High-level independent evaluation

ILO's development cooperation strategy, 2020-25

This independent high-level evaluation examines the relevance, coherence, effectiveness, efficiency, sustainability, and emerging impact of the ILO’s Development Cooperation Strategy for 2020-25, covering the evaluation period from 2018 to 2024. It...

Working Paper 127

Trade Unions, Labour Governance and Economic Upgradation in Value Chains

The paper examines possible mechanisms for trade union engagement in global value chains, especially in the context of emerging human rights due diligence frameworks. By examining existing literature on value chain analysis, trade policy, and...

Social protection

World social protection report 2024-26: Regional companion report for Asia and the Pacific

This Asia and the Pacific regional companion report complements the ILO’s World Social Protection Report 2024-26: Universal social protection for climate action and a just transition.