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Employment-Intensive Investment Programme in South Africa

The Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) is a short to medium term intervention of the Government of South Africa which seeks to address the triad national challenges of unemployment, poverty and inequality through employment creation in provision...

ILO/EIIP support to the Expanded Public Works Programme in South Africa

ILO/EIIP is providing support to the Expanded Public Works Programme in key thematic areas including Policy Development and Promotion, Skills/Capacity Development, Project Management and Technical Support, Research and Innovation, and Advocacy and...

2023

Progress report on the technical cooperation programme between the Government of Qatar and the ILO

This document provides an annual progress report on the technical cooperation programme agreed between the Government of Qatar and the ILO for 2023.

Engaging multinational enterprises on more and better jobs

The ILO approach to responsible global business - Sustainable Enterprises

Decent work results and effectiveness of ILO operations: An ex-post meta-analysis of development cooperation evaluations, 2022

The aim of this meta-analysis is to present performance results related to the delivery of decent work outcomes from ILO development cooperation interventions, based on an assessment of all final independent evaluations conducted in 2022. It focuses...

Preliminary Assessment of Occupational Safety and Health in the Agriculture Sector in Lebanon

This assessment provides a comprehensive overview of the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) conditions in selected farms located in the Akkar and Beqaa regions of Lebanon.

ILO-AICESIS Joint International Conference

Report on the role of social dialogue and its institutions incombating inequalities in the world of work

This background report to the ILO-AICESIS Joint International Conference presents the perspectives Economic and Social Councils on inequalities in the world of work and how to address them.

Labour migration

ILO Regional Strategy on Labour Migration and Human Mobility in Latin America and the Caribbean 2023–2030

The Regional Strategy seeks to outline the strategic horizon for the ILO’s action in the region and to guide the Organization’s technical assistance on labour migration and human mobility.

Executive Summary

ILO Regional Strategy on Labour Migration and Human Mobility in Latin America and the Caribbean 2023-2030

The Regional Strategy seeks to provide an illustration, within one document of the strategic horizon for ILO’s action in the region and to guide the organization’s technical cooperation on labour migration and mobility.

[Flyer] ILO Regional Strategy on Labour Migration and Human Mobility in Latin America and the Caribbean 2023-2030

Care Work in China: Who does care work, what is its economic value and how has it been affected by Covid-19?

UN Women and ILO worked together to produce this report to better understand care work and the economy of care in China, where policy recommendations are put forward to strengthen the societal reorganization of care to help shape a more equal and...

Rapid assessment on child labour in agriculture in Kosovo

This report describes the nature, pattern, distribution, dynamics and causes of child labour in agriculture, and suggests possible policy options to address child labour in Kosovo’s agricultural sector.

ILO Working paper 98

Mortality from COVID-19 in the US : Did unions save lives?

This paper combines data from the NVSS with the CPS into a unique dataset to answer the question on whether unions saved lives during the COVID-19 Pandemic. It finds that if the United States had the union density of 35 percent that it had in 1954...

Labour market

Impact of multiple crises on Sri Lanka’s micro, small and medium-sized enterprises

This study set out to inform the labour market disruptions caused by the multiple crises do provide for an unprecedented opportunity for the Sri Lankan labour market to reset with a MSME business recovery model at centre stage.

Publication

Digital Employment Diagnostic Guidelines

These guidelines serve as a comprehensive framework to assess, analyze, and understand the multifaceted dimensions of digital employment.

ILO Brief

Impact of the Israel-Hamas conflict on the labour market and livelihoods in the Occupied Palestinian Territory - November 2023

This bulletin is part of a series of bulletins outlining the impact of the war in Gaza in 2023 on the labour market and on livelihoods in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.

Evaluation Trust Fund

Safety + Health for All - Programme Evaluation Highlights

The strategic evaluation took stock of progress since the programme inception in 2016 and provided orientation moving forward.

Discussion Paper

Aligning Skills Development and National Social Protection Systems.

Coordination between social protection, employment and skills policies is a hallmark of systems that successfully empower individuals to deal with important work and life transitions.

Governance and Tripartism Department

Reflections on the introduction of Universal Labour Guarantee in selected Central and Eastern European countries

In most legal systems around the world today, the employment relationship remains the essential point of reference for determining rights and obligations in the workplace. The Universal Labour Guarantee (ULG), as a floor of labour protections, may...