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Regional Research Brief

Lifelong learning and skills for the future: Insights for Africa

This regional brief explores how lifelong learning and skills development can support resilience, inclusion and decent work in Africa. Drawing on new data and analysis, it highlights access gaps, shifting skills demand and priorities for building...

World of Work Series

Lifelong learning and skills for the future

This report offers a clear roadmap on how countries can build inclusive, forward-looking lifelong learning systems that support workers and enterprises in a transforming world of work.

Meeting of experts on a code of practice on occupational safety and health in aquaculture - Timetable

Timetable for the Meeting of experts on a code of practice on occupational safety and health in aquaculture (Geneva, 4-8 May 2026)

ILO Working Paper 170

AI systems @ work: a changing psychosocial work environment

This working paper examines how AI systems are transforming the psychosocial work environment, focusing on their effects on workers’ mental and social well-being. It explores emerging workplace risks linked to digitalization, including surveillance,...

Report

Decent work and the safety of journalists

The report examines how fundamental principles and rights at work, as well as other relevant international labour standards, can promote the safety of journalists and help governments, media employers, workers, and their respective organizations...

Technical Report

The Impact of Active Labour Market Programmes on Youth

This joint ILO and World Bank report synthesizes over three decades of impact evaluation evidence across 62 countries to assess the impact of Active Labour Market Programmes (ALMPs) on young people's employment and earnings outcomes.

ILO Brief

Closing gender gaps in vocational training: Good practices of the National Training Institute (INA) of Costa Rica

The experience of the National Training Institute (INA) of Costa Rica shows how it is possible to make progress in closing gender gaps between men and women in skills development, based on a sustained institutional approach. Since the adoption of...

ILO Working Paper 169

Unpacking informality: A multidimensional policy decomposition

This working paper presents a practical additive decomposition of informal employment, showing where policy action can reduce it. Applied to the case of Colombia, it identifies the main factors behind recent declines in informality.

Resilience amid crisis: A sector assessment of microfinance in Lebanon

This report assesses the resilience and recovery potential of Lebanon’s microfinance sector amid prolonged economic, financial and political crises. It highlights key challenges, institutional responses and opportunities to strengthen financial...

Social Dialogue and Collective Bargaining in Montenegro: A Rapid Assessment

The rapid assessment provides a summary overview of the legal framework, institutional arrangements and performance, and practical functioning of social dialogue and collective bargaining in Montenegro. By highlighting strengths, structural...

Sectoral pathways to productivity and Decent Work

The report presents the findings of a diagnostic and prioritization study aimed at identifying the most promising sectors in Kosovo, where targeted interventions can most effectively enhance productivity, occupational safety and health practices,...

Стислий виклад: Психосоціальне робоче середовище: глобальні тенденції та стратегії дій

Психосоціальні ризики дедалі більше впливають на здоров’я працівників і продуктивність у світі, формуючи значні соціальні та економічні втрати. Новий звіт МОП пропонує підходи до їхнього системного подолання.

ILO Brief

Main features of national social dialogue institutions in selected countries of Anglophone Africa

This brief describes the institutional landscape of national social dialogue institutions (NSDIs) in 18 countries of Anglophone Africa, including their legal frameworks, structures, and mandates. It analyses their functionality and effectiveness in...

Labour Administration and Inspection

The Future of Work and the Role of Labour Inspection and Guidance in Türkiye in the Post-COVID-19 Period

A new ILO report examines the future role of the labour inspection system in Türkiye in response to changing forms of work and the emerging risks affecting working environments and conditions.

Social Protection Spotlight brief

Extending social protection coverage to workers in the agricultural sector and their families: Lessons from international experience

This brief presents the key challenges in extending coverage to workers in the agricultural sector and sketches out possible solutions and good practices countries are employing to expand coverage to this sector.

Governance

Executive summary: Governance: hard to build, easy to erode Global trends, business implications and the role of employer and business...

Global governance has shown limited progress since the 1990s, with growing risks of decline affecting business environments and job creation. This report highlights the critical role of strong institutions and employers’ organizations in sustaining...

Report

Governance, hard to build, easy to erode: Global trends, business implications and the role of employer and business membership...

Global governance has shown limited progress since the 1990s, with growing risks of decline affecting business environments and job creation. This report highlights the critical role of strong institutions and employers’ organizations in sustaining...

Decent Work

Cook Islands Decent Work Country Programme 2025-2026

The Cook Islands Decent Work Country Programme (DWCP) 2025–2028 contributes to the UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework for the Pacific 2023–2027 and aligns with national priorities. It promotes decent work through employment, social...

Annual Report 2025

The ILO Nepal Annual Report 2025 provides an overview of its achievements and partnerships in Nepal over the past year. It highlights progress in key policy and system breakthroughs, including labour migration reforms, global initiatives, the...

De-risking agricultural finance in Tanzania: Development results of Sida’s guarantee to PASS on access to finance, financial sector...

This endline study assesses the development impact of the Sida Guarantee Agreement with the Private Agricultural Sector Support (PASS) in Tanzania, implemented from 2017 to 2024. The US$20 million portfolio guarantee aimed to expand access to...