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Quick Guide to Budgeting Process in the Kyrgyz Republic

This report was prepared by the ILO external consultant Kadyrbek Kalkanov, with support of the International Labour Organization (ILO), represented by Jasmina Papa.

The ILO at Work in Africa

Success Africa VI: Sustaining the World of Work in the COVID-19 pandemic era

This edition contains 25 stories from 20 countries and two follow-up stories from the previous editions of Success Africa to show how the ILO applied its expertise and experience to promote social justice during the COVID-19 pandemic.

What labour force survey data can tell us about the workforce in the health and social care sector

The present report describes the results of a special analysis of data from the Labour Force Surveys (LFS) of 56 countries which provided data about health and social care workers in sufficient detail to distinguish between different occupational...

Productivity Ecosystems for Decent Work - South Africa Programme Brochure

This brochure provides an overview of the Productivity Ecosystems for Decent Work programme in South Africa

Statistical brief

Statistical profile of the wholesale and retail trade sector

Health sector investment impacts on employment and economic growth: A panel ARDL analysis in the West African Economic and Monetary Union...

An integrated package of incentives and services to support the formalization process aimed at different categories of enterprises /...

The ILO carried out a study to identify the feasibility and modalities of launching an integrated package of incentives and services to support the formalization of companies in Cape Verde

Labour migration

Precarious pathways: Migration patterns and service needs of Lao migrant workers

New research sheds light on the key issues faced by Lao migrant workers and outlines measures to help ensure they can migrate more safely and obtain decent work.

Training Manual

Workplace training manual for policy development and programme implementation addressing gender-based violence and sexual harassment in the...

The Training Manual for workplace policy development and programme implementation on gender-based violence (GBV) & sexual harassment was developed to provide guidance to the world of work for standardized education and awareness training to...

Social protection

Social insurance lump-sum withdrawals in Viet Nam: Trends, challenges and recommendations

This joint technical brief conducted by the ILO and World Bank looks into the trends, challenges and recommendations on social insurance lump-sum withdrawals in Viet Nam.

Social protection

Multi-tier pensions in Viet Nam: Features and options

This paper sets out key options and considerations for combining contributory and non-contributory pensions into a coherent multi-tier system in Viet Nam.

Analysis of a survey among National Business and Disability Networks

Disability inclusion in small and medium-sized enterprises

While small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) generate the majority of employment opportunities worldwide, their visibility in promoting the employment and inclusion of persons with disabilities has been low, compared to the efforts of...

SCORE Training

Sustaining Competitive and Responsible Enterprises (SCORE) Training: Annual Update 2022-23

Background paper

Teaching and the teaching profession in a digital world – Bosnia and Herzegovina

The background paper analyzes the experiences, challenges and good practices of digital technology in teaching and education in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in order to examine the problems and ways of guaranteeing equitable access to quality digital...

Sector Skills Councils in the UK - By Simon Perryman

Sector Education and Training Authority (SETA) System in South Africa - Dr Thabo Moshongoane (CEO - Mining Qualifications Authority)

Feasibility study on the enrolment of refugees and asylum seekers in the Egyptian Universal Health Insurance Scheme (UHIS)

This study presents a review of the situation of refugees and asylum seekers in Egypt to assess the feasibility of including them in the universal health insurance scheme (UHIS) launched in 2018.

Think piece

Total systems failure: Three lessons on how to avoid a “blue screen of death” in your market systems development project

Report

Assessing the Local Labour Market Dynamics and Skills Needs Following the Earthquakes in Türkiye

High-level evaluation of ILO’s strategies and actions for promoting decent work in the rural economy (with a focus on rural employment),...

This synthesis review on the ILO’s strategies and actions for promoting decent work in the rural economy is prepared as an input into the forthcoming high-level evaluation on the topic.