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Issue paper

Issue paper on child labour and climate change

This issue paper brings together and reviews existing research on the interplay between climate change and child labour. It is aimed at providing an initial picture of some of the key channels through which climate change and climate change...

Supplementary Guidance Note: Integrating Gender Equality in Monitoring and Evaluation

Issue paper on child labour and climate change - Executive summary

Cost assessment for an unemployment insurance scheme in Belize

The main objective of this Report is to assess the cost of the implementation of an unemployment insurance (UI) scheme in Belize considering two specific design options (design options A and B), as well as alternative design options, aligned with...

A rough guide to measuring job quality in market systems development: Operational guidance

National Alliance 8.7 Strategic Road Map 2023 - 2030

Alliance 8.7 is a global partnership fostering multi-stakeholder collaboration to support governments to achieve Target 8.7 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Project update

Advancing young people’s engagement and meaningful participation

This brochure provides an update on the project results till November 2023.

Access to social protection for Nepalese migrant workers in countries of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC)

Climate change and migration in the Arab Region

Just transition and labour mobility as an adaptation strategy: Summary Report

Social protection for migrant workers in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries: A regional mapping of provisions on paper and in practice

Access to social protection for Nepalese migrant workers in countries of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC).

Report

Integrating trade and decent work Volume 1: Has trade led to better jobs? Findings based on the ILO’s Decent Work Indicators

This volume provides a comprehensive framework for assessing the impact of trade on the labour market and concrete examples of trade impacts in specific countries. It also explores labour market policy options to ensure that trade contributes to –...

Volume 1 – Has trade led to better jobs? – Findings based on the ILO’s Decent Work Indicators

Chapter 1. Trade policy and labour markets: Indicators and evidence

This chapter provides valuable insights into the effects of trade policy on jobs, wages and other important qualitative elements of decent work. It shows that trade policy instruments (consisting of a variety of tariff and non-tariff measures...

Volume 1 – Has trade led to better jobs? – Findings based on the ILO’s Decent Work Indicators

Chapter 2. Impacts of international trade on the labour market: Common methodological approaches for macro- and meso-level assessments

This chapter examines the most common methodological approaches for the empirical assessment of the labour market impact of international trade policy (covering an entire economy or some or just one of its sectors). The underlying assumptions, data...

Volume 1 – Has trade led to better jobs? – Findings based on the ILO’s Decent Work Indicators

Chapter 3. Trade and labour market outcomes: A summary of the main theories and evidence at the firm and worker levels

This chapter explores the impact of international trade on firms and workers. It provides an overview of the theoretical and methodological frameworks used to study that relationship and highlights the contribution of micro-level analysis to the...

Volume 1 – Has trade led to better jobs? – Findings based on the ILO’s Decent Work Indicators

Chapter 4. Trade and decent work in Mexico’s automobile sector: The road travelled and the uncharted territory ahead

This chapter explores the effects that the rise in final and global value chain related exports in the automotive sector have had on decent work in the aftermath of the North American Free Trade Agreement, using input–output techniques. The authors...

Volume 1 – Has trade led to better jobs? – Findings based on the ILO’s Decent Work Indicators

Chapter 5. Trade and decent work in Mexico’s manufacturing sector

Volume 1 – Has trade led to better jobs? – Findings based on the ILO’s Decent Work Indicators

Chapter 6. Trade and decent work in Viet Nam: Insights from small and medium-sized enterprises

This chapter the authors explore the links between exporting and importing in small and medium-sized enterprises and several decent work indicators in Viet Nam. Using micro data and techniques, it finds that trade is positively associated with the...

Volume 1 – Has trade led to better jobs? – Findings based on the ILO’s Decent Work Indicators

Chapter 7. Gendered effects of trade restrictions on labour market outcomes in Malawi

This chapter explores the impact of tariff increases on female unemployment and the agricultural sector in Malawi. Combining a standard general equilibrium model with a top-down behavioural microsimulation, the author finds that a move towards trade...

Volume 1 – Has trade led to better jobs? – Findings based on the ILO’s Decent Work Indicators

Chapter 8. Skills, employment and trade: The role of skills and employment policies in making trade more inclusive and resilient

This chapter examines skills development and lifelong learning as a policy area that is relevant to promoting inclusive trade for decent work. They draw on the ILO’s country-level interventions under the Skills for Trade and Economic Diversification...