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Information brief - Employment impact assessment of the Malawi M1 road rehabilitation project

Guide for the national debate on the incorporation or improvement of training and certification services for care in early childhood,...

Employment impact assessment of the Malawi M1 road rehabilitation project

ESG Training

The Leader Training Programme

Social protection coverage for national and migrant workers in the formal private sector in the GCC countries.

The infographic charts the systems of social protection available for workers in the private sector in each country of the GCC.

THAMM key achievements

Implemented by the ILO - 2019-2023

THAMM key achievements - Short version

Do Employers Discriminate Against Married Women? Evidence from A Field Experiment in Egypt

This research is the result of a collaborative effort between the ILO Egypt Country Office and the Economic Research Forum (ERF). It discusses the findings and implications of an experiment that assessed employer discrimination by sex and marital...

Executive IPA College: Investment Facilitation for Sustainable Development

Business resilience

Business Resilience in Retrospect: Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic

Business resilience is essential for sustainable economic prosperity and growth. A company's ability to bounce back from adversity impacts the wider economic picture, shaping growth and employment trajectories. This study delves into the experiences...

A No Woman’s Place: Employers’ discrimination and hiring challenges in less feminized sectors in Egypt

This study is the result of a collaborative effort between the ILO Egypt Country Office and the Economic Research Forum (ERF) document the overt practices pertaining to discriminatory views against hiring women in certain sectors in Egypt, and seeks...

Strategy & policy evaluation

Independent high-level evaluation of the ILO’s strategies and actions to promote fundamental principles and rights at work, 2018-23

This independent high-level evaluation provides insight into the relevance, coherence, effectiveness, efficiency, impact and sustainability of the ILO’s strategies and actions to fundamental principles and rights at work from 2018-23.

Driving better business results with women’s insurance

This publication highlights the evolving socio-economic status of women and calls for increased engagement from insurers. It provides a comprehensive roadmap to address the unique needs of women, spanning both customer and employee perspectives,...

Communique

First Africa Labour Migration Conference

This communiqué captures the shared positions, commitments and priority actions agreed by governments, employers’ and workers’ organizations to strengthen decent work, social dialogue and inclusive development in Africa.

Child labour

Handbook on the employment of minors

A question - and - answer handbook on the employment of minor workers was developed within the framework of the ILO Project: Enhancing National Capacity to Prevent and Reduce Child Labour in Viet Nam (ENHANCE) with the Legal Department of the...

ILO Brief

Intervention Model: The eight-step process to negotiating a social security agreement

Feasibility study on an unemployment insurance system for Indonesia: Institutional and operational aspects

This feasibility report was prepared and submitted to the Government of Indonesia in 2020 to provide advice and guidance on the planning and implementation of an effective employment insurance (EI) scheme for Indonesia.

Better Work Jordan: News and Updates

Highlights and insights from January - August 2023

An appraisal of EIIP’s longer-term development impacts

The purpose of this study is to improve understanding of how the project implementation related activities of the Employment Intensive Investment Programme (EIIP) generate long-term development impacts which arise out of: (a) the benefits for users...

Unemployment insurance in Indonesia: Challenges and recommendations

The Government Regulation states that a periodical assessment of the JKP scheme to improve its policy design and its implementation is to be carried out every two years, and this paper aims to contribute analysis of and recommendations for JKP as...