Publications

2014

  1. Literature review on the labour market impacts of value chain development interventions

    27 November 2014

    This review aims to distil the results of studies, in order to answer the question of what are the outcomes of value chain interventions covering the quantity and quality of jobs created.

  2. Evaluation Clinic for Value Chain Development projects

    27 November 2014

    Report on an event co-organized by M4DW-the Lab and the Youth Employment Programme 27-28 March 2014, Bangkok, Thailand

  3. Boosting Local Economies

    27 November 2014

    The ILO approach to local economic development - Sustainable Enterprises

  4. The cooperative way of doing business

    27 November 2014

    The ILO approach to supporting cooperatives - Sustainable Enterprises

  5. IOE-ILO guidance note on the 2014 Protocol to the Forced Labour Convention, 1930

    20 November 2014

    Short note jointly produced by the ILO and IOE to support the employer/business engagement to implement the Forced Labour Protocol

  6. Enhancing access to finance

    19 November 2014

    The ILO approach to enhancing finance for small enterprises focuses on building the capacity on both the demand and the supply side (see Figure 1). Financial service providers (FSPs) are strengthened to be able to provide relevant products, and entrepreneurs are capacitated to use those services most effectively. In collaboration with the ILO’s International Training Centre in Turin, the ILO delivers much of the content by training local trainers, which facilitates significant outreach.

  7. Social Finance Working Paper #57: Microfinance and job creation

    14 November 2014

    A social performance assessment of a new loan delivery mechanism, Bai Tushum Kyrgyzstan

  8. Enterprise Development through Value Chains and Business Services Markets: A Market Development approach to pro-poor growth

    11 November 2014

    Information about this job distance learning course for project implementers and policy makers.

  9. Enterprise Development through Value Chains and Business Services Markets: A Market Development approach to pro-poor growth

    11 November 2014

    Information about this job distance learning course for project implementers and policy makers.

  10. Rules of the Game: a brief introduction to International Labour Standards (Revised edition 2014)

    06 November 2014

    Aimed at a non-specialist audience, this revised publication provides an introduction to international labour standards and discusses their importance in today’s global economy, the subjects they cover, how they are applied and supervised, and where further information can be sought.

  11. Green jobs assessment: Mauritius

    03 November 2014

    This report provides an assessment of existent and potential green jobs in major economic industries of a small island developing state: Mauritius. It aims to inform and shape the Maurice Île Durable (MID) project, which was launched in 2008 with the objective to make Mauritius a world model of sustainable development.

  12. The Social and Solidarity Economy

    03 November 2014

    The ILO approach to Social Economy - Sustainable Enterprises

  13. An enabling environment for sustainable enterprises

    03 November 2014

    The ILO approach to creating an enabling environment - Sustainable Enterprises

  14. Value Chain Development for more and better jobs

    03 November 2014

    The ILO approach to value chain development - Sustainable Enterprises

  15. Entrepreneurship and SME Management Training

    03 November 2014

    The ILO approach to training for entrepreneurs - Sustainable Enterprises

  16. Fostering Future Entrepreneurs

    03 November 2014

    The ILO approach to entrepreneurship education - Sustainable Enterprises

  17. Impact Insurance Research Paper #43: Outpatient care in RSBY

    01 November 2014

    The paper reviews the pilot experiments conducted from 2011 onwards in eight districts across six states to test the provision of outpatient (OP) benefits under RSBY, India’s Social Health Insurance Scheme for low income populations. Administrative data on enrolment, empanelment of care providers and outpatient claims was analysed for the review. The paper also discusses the status of primary care in India and outpatient care provision in similar schemes in other developing nations (Vietnam, Ghana, Indonesia, Philippines and Thailand).

  18. Assessment of the business service and training market in Myanmar

    31 October 2014

    Assessment of the business services market for micro and small enterprises (MSEs) in Myanmar

  19. Assessment of the business service and training market in Myanmar

    31 October 2014

    This paper reflects the findings of the assessment and provides recommendations on how to improve the business services market in Myanmar.

  20. Assessment of the business service and training market in Myanmar

    31 October 2014

    Findings of assessment and recommendations on how to improve business services market in Myanmar