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Labour standards

Core labor standards: Handbook

The handbook gives some basic information on international core labour standards (CLS), and looks at ways in which they can be incorporated into ADB activities.

Eliminating child labour: The promise of conditional cash transfers

Reviews some of the issues that arise in the consideration of conditional cash transfer (CCT) programmes in the fight against child labour. It draws on the documented experiences of such programmes, which have proliferated in Latin America although...

Role of employers' and workers' organisations in combating child labour

This paper explores the extent and scope of the engagement between IPEC and employers' and workers' organizations with a particular focus on activities initiated over the last two years. A typology of social partner engagement with the Programme is...

Assessment of the Indonesia vocational training center in Banda Aceh Naggroe Aceh Darussalam (in Bahasa Indonesia)

This report documents the condition of VTC in Banda Aceh to then assess its needs, recommend ways of improvement and propose possible assistance that the ILO can give to the Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration.

Guidelines for workshops with young workers : smart ways to protect the safety and health of young workers (in Bahasa Indonesia)

This document is intended for employers who hire young people aged 15-18 years. It can be used for training programs or distributed as a brochure. For training purposes, added some examples of activities and cases during field tests in Pakistan and...

The 2006 Reader - Implementing Sustainable Private Sector Development: Striving for Tangible Results for The Poor

Seventh Annual BDS Seminar - Chiang Mai, Thailand, September 2006

Forced labour in the Russian Federation today- irregular migration and trafficking in human beings, 2nd edition, 2006

Decent work in Asia. Reporting on results 2001-2005. Report of the Director General. (14th Asian Regional Meeting, Busan, Aug-Sept 2006)