2008

1. Meeting document

   Report IV: Promotion of rural employment for poverty reduction

   08 April 2008

2007

1. 

   Publication

   Microfinance and public policy. Outreach, performance and efficiency.

   12 November 2007

   This book states to aid agencies and governments to consider efficiency as a robust and reliable criterion to guide their decisions on whether continuing or discounting support from microfinance institutions (MFIS).

2. 

   Publication

   Trade and employment: Challenges for policy research

   19 February 2007

   This study provides an impartial view of what can be said, on the relationship between trade and employment, an often contentious issue of public debate. Its focus is on the connections between trade policies, and labour and social policies. It is the outcome of collaborative research between the secretariat of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the International Labour Office (ILO), addressing such issues tha concern both organizations.

2006

1. 

   Training guide

   Tackling hazardous child labour in agriculture: Guidance on policy and practice - Toolkit

   01 October 2006

   This toolkit has been produced to help policy-makers ensure that agriculture is a priority sector for the elimination of child labour. The guidebooks included in this package provide policy-makers and stakeholder organizations with information and ideas needed to plan, formulate and implement policies and programmes to tackle hazardous child labour in agriculture.

2. 

   Publication

   Offshoring and the Internationalization of Employment. A Challenge for a Fair Globalization?

   14 March 2006

   The book examines the trends in the internationalisation of employment, looks at losers and winners and proposes new policies of compensation.

3. Publication

   Know more about HIV/AIDS - A Toolkit for Workers in the Informal Economy

   01 January 2006

   The Toolkit is based on the ILO Code of Practice on HIV/AIDS and the World of Work which sets out fundamental principles for policy development and practical guidelines for action in the following key areas: Prevention of HIV and AIDS; Management and mitigation of the impact of HIV and AIDS on the world of work; Care and support of workers infected and affected by HIV and AIDS; and Elimination of stigma and discrimination on the basis of HIV status.

2005

1. Instructional material

   Social dialogue in the health services: A tool for practical guidance – The handbook for practitioners

   01 January 2005

2004

1. Quantitative Methods in Social Protection Series

   Actuarial practice in social security

   01 January 2004

   Presents technical material on valuation covering a wide-range of risks including old age, survivors, disability, sickness, maternity, employment injury, and unemployment. Provides concrete examples of work done by actuaries. It discusses the valuation of pensions, short-term cash benefits like sickness, maternity and unemployment insurance and examines the valuation of employment injury benefits as well. In addition, the book devotes special attention to what should be included in the actuarial report and presents a practical exercise to illustrate the important points discussed in the volume.

2003

1. Normative instrument

   Guidelines concerning a statistical definition of informal employment

   01 November 2003

2002

1. Publication

   Standards for the XXIst Century: Social Security

   01 January 2002

   Describes the characteristics of the ILO’s social security standards, highlighting their universality and flexibility and their common principles. Examines the protection afforded in each of the nine branches of social security and considers the treatment of migrant workers.