Publications

2016

  1. Guidelines for a just transition towards environmentally sustainable economies and societies for all

    02 February 2016

    These Guidelines are both a policy framework and a practical tool to help countries at all levels of development manage the transition to low-carbon economies and can also help them achieve their Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDC) and the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.

  2. Action research for improving working conditions in Peru's wood-furniture sector: Scoping study

    18 January 2016

  3. Value chain analysis and competitiveness strategy: Marine Capture Fisheries

    15 January 2016

    Myeik and Yangon, Myanmar

  4. Value chain analysis and competitiveness strategy: Freshwater Capture Fisheries

    15 January 2016

    Pyapon, Myanmar

2015

  1. Fragile states in Africa

    18 December 2015

  2. Selecting the road to more and better jobs

    17 December 2015

    The importance of cotton, grapes, poultry, sheep, goats, almonds and dairy value chains to improve incomes and job creation in Afghanistan.

  3. Value chain analysis and competitiveness strategy: Marine Capture Fisheries

    15 December 2015

    Myeik and Yangon, Myanmar

  4. Value chain analysis and competitiveness strategy: Freshwater Capture Fisheries

    15 December 2015

    Pyapon, Myanmar

  5. Responding to the Global Refugee Crisis: How market assessments can enhance the impact of livelihood interventions for refugees

    14 December 2015

    An intervention model for joint efforts of UNHCR and ILO to integrate refugees into the labour market of host countries

  6. Responding to the Global Refugee Crisis: How market assessments can enhance the impact of livelihood interventions for refugees

    14 December 2015

    An intervention model for joint efforts of UNHCR and ILO to integrate refugees into the labour market of host countries

  7. SCORE Indonesia Case Study: SCORE Training helps five companies win national productivity awards

    01 December 2015

    Five SCORE trained enterprises were honoured to receive 2015 PARAMAKARYA awards from President Joko Widodo at a ceremony in the Presidential Palace in Jakarta

  8. Access to Finance and Enterprise growth: Evidence from an experiment in Uganda

    30 November 2015

    EMPLOYMENT Working Paper No. 190

  9. Decent Jobs in a Safe Climate: ILO Solutions for Climate Action

    28 November 2015

    This brief provides a snapshot of selected ILO initiatives, successful practices, tools, instruments and policy guidelines that contribute to the advancement of both climate change and decent work agendas.

  10. A Guide to the Climate Change Negotiations for ILO Constituents

    23 November 2015

    This guide presents an overview of the institutional mechanisms and procedures of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), including the current negotiation streams, the expected outcomes of COP21 (to be held in Paris, France from 30 November to 11 December 2015) and other relevant information about the climate negotiation process.

  11. Social Finance Working Paper #62: Microfinance and formalisation of enterprises in the informal sector

    17 November 2015

    Awareness raising campaign and BDS for the formalization and strengthening of growth-oriented enterprises ESAF

  12. Analysis of the tourism market system in San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico - in Spanish

    01 November 2015

    Exploring the tourism market system to strengthen SMEs competitiveness in the Chiapas region of Mexico

  13. Analysis of the tourism market system in San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico

    01 November 2015

    Exploring the tourism market system to strengthen SMEs competitiveness in the Chiapas region of Mexico

  14. Guidelines for Value Chain Selection: Integrating economic, environmental, social and institutional criteria

    28 October 2015

  15. Know About Business in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt): Public-Private Partnership

    06 October 2015

    The ILO adapted its Know About Business (KAB) programme, which is a set of training materials for entrepreneurship education, to bridge the pre-start gap that students in the oPt face before entry to the labour market with information to develop entrepreneurial skills and prepare students and trainees not only to establish their own businesses, but also to work productively in small and medium enterprises (SMEs).

  16. Know About Business (KAB) in Saudi Arabia: Public-Private Partnership

    06 October 2015

    The ILO entrepreneurship education programme, Know About Business (KAB), draws on ILO’s successful experience in the field. The KAB training methodology develops entrepreneurial competencies among young people and the particular knowledge needed for self-employment and the creation of micro and small enterprises. Since 2009, the KAB programme has been introduced into vocational, secondary and higher education in approximately 50 countries and translated into 22 languages. In the Arab region, the programme has successfully been implemented in Syria, Yemen, the occupied Palestinian territories, Oman, Iraq, Jordan and Lebanon.