Publications
January 2012
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Skills for Green Jobs: Egypt
01 January 2012
The move towards a greener economy for Egypt has the potential to create more jobs, generate more technologies, and draw greater investments to the country. Egypt currently has limited natural resources, numerous key environmental challenges, and skill shortages - all of which constrain the country’s transition into a greener economy.
December 2011
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Labour Intensive Construction Guidelines
31 December 2011
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Promotion of youth employment in Mozambique (Final Evaluation Summary)
29 December 2011
Project MOZ/08/51/OUF - Evaluation consultant: Renato Johnsson Núnez
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Assessment of the environment for the development of women's entrepreneurship in Cameroon, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda and Senegal
19 December 2011
Employment Sector - Employment Report No. 15
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Making Microfinance Work: Managing Product Diversification
05 December 2011
This textbook, designed for middle and senior managers in microfinance institutions, is relevant for institutions that have already diversified and are looking for ways to manage their diversification more effectively as well as those that have not yet done so and are looking for guidance on where and how to begin. This second volume builds on the highly acclaimed "Making Microfinance Work: Managing for Improved Performance".
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Macroeconomic policy for full and productive and decent employment for all: The case of Nigeria
02 December 2011
Employment Working Paper No. 107
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Rapid assessment of the child labour situation in artisanal mines and quarries in Ogun and Oyo states of Nigeria
01 December 2011
The main aim of the rapid assessment is elimination of the incidence of child labour in the artisanal small-scale mining areas in Ogun and Oyo States.
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Workplace Policy on HIV and AIDS, TB and Other Opportunistic illness for the Clothing Industry in Zimbabwe
01 December 2011
This policy was developed through consultations of key stakeholders within the Clothing Industry. It provides a framework and foundation upon which the Clothing Industry may design, adopt, implement, monitor and evaluate suitable and flexible HIV and AIDS programmes at sub sector and enterprise levels. This policy only sets out the basic minimum standards expected of each enterprise and, therefore, enterproses are encouraged to set even higher standards
November 2011
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Taqeem Community of Practice: Monitoring, evaluation and impact evaluation for the youth employment community
30 November 2011
This report provides an overview of the Taqeem Community of Practice and describes Taqeem’s approach to M&E and its technical assistance model
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Safety and Health in Agriculture. Code of practice
28 November 2011
This code of practice is intended to raise awareness of the hazards and risks associated with agriculture and promote their effective management and control; to help prevent occupational accidents and diseases and improve the working environment in practice; to encourage governments, employers, workers and other stakeholders to cooperate to prevent accidents and diseases; and to promote more positive attitudes and behaviour towards occupational safety and health in agriculture throughout the sector.
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Ethiopia: Women with disabilities harness the power of entrepreneurship
23 November 2011
Despite the role of empowerment in improving the livelihoods of poor people, there is still a huge gap between the theory of empowerment and its practice. To help bridge this gap and provide guidance, this story describes real-life empowerment made possible by the ILO-Irish Aid Partnership Programme on disability which set out to provide and promote entrepreneurship training for disabled women in Ethiopia, in partnership with local organizations. It is part of a series of stories of empowerment produced by the Development Co-operation Directorate - Development Assistance Committee (DAC) Network on Poverty Reduction of the OECD.
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Assessing Green Jobs Potential in Developing Countries: A Practitioner’s Guide
21 November 2011
The knowledge of how the transition to a sustainable, low-carbon economy will affect employment, especially underlying job movements, is vital to informing policy, yet there are few comparable studies for developing countries. As part of the ILO’s Global Green Jobs Programme, this guide provides practical solutions to help fill these information gaps.
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The Social Economy - Africa's response to the Global Crisis
04 November 2011
The role of social economy and its enterprises and organisations in the African society is key in responding to the multifaceted crisis affecting African countries and their people. Social economy provides complementary paths to development that bring together in a coherent manner the concerns of economic sustainability, social justice, ecological balance, political stability, conflict resolution and gender equality.
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The impact of the financial and economic crisis on ten African economies and labour markets in 2008-2010: Findings from the ILO/World Bank policy inventory
03 November 2011
Employment Working Paper No. 100
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Federal Republic of Nigeria - National Action Plan on Employment creation 2009-2020
01 November 2011
The action plan presented in this document outlines policies, programmes and projects for employment creation in the follwoing key sectors of the Nigerian economy : Agriculture, Commerce and Industry, Power and Energy, Works and Urban Development, Petroleum, gas and Solid Minerals, Transportation, Communication and Information, Informal economy, Education, Health, Culture, Tourism, Entertainment and Sports and an Enabling Policy and regulatory Environement for employment creation.
October 2011
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Social Protection Floor for a Fair and Inclusive Globalization
27 October 2011
Report of the Social Protection Floor Advisory Group chaired by Michelle Bachelet. In many ways the power of the social protection floor lies in its simplicity. The floor is based on the idea that everyone should enjoy at least basic income security sufficient to live, guaranteed through transfers in cash or in kind, such as pensions for the elderly and persons with disabilities, child benefits, income support benefits and/or employment guarantees and services for the unemployed and working poor.
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Macroeconomic policy for employment creation: The case of Malawi
24 October 2011
Employment Working Paper No. 93
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Macroeconomic policy for “full and productive employment and decent work for all”: Uganda country study
24 October 2011
Employment Working Paper No. 91
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Key Indicators of the Labour Market (KILM). Seventh edition
14 October 2011
This valuable wide-ranging reference tool meets the ever-increasing demand for timely, accurate and accessible information on the rapidly changing world of work. The Key Indicators of the Labour Market (KILM) offers the general user with instant and uncomplicated access to data and analysis on the world's labour markets.
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Skills for Green Jobs: A Global View
06 October 2011
This volume examines the experiences of 21 developed and developing countries in adjusting their training provision to meet the new demands of a greener economy. It shows that skills development is critical to unlocking the employment potential of green growth, yet skills shortages are becoming an obstacle in realizing this potential. The report recommends that countries devise strategies based on well-informed policy decisions, social dialogue, and coordination among ministries and between employers and training providers.