Publications
The ILO Country Office for the Philippines (CO-Manila) publishes a wide range of books, reports, working papers, training manuals, CD-ROMs, videos and flash movies. Some of these can be downloaded directly. Others can be requested or purchased in hard copy from the ILO Knowledge Centre in Manila or by email.
1995
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Subcontracting in Metro Manila: Operations and perspectives
30 June 1995
In the Philippine setting, subcontracting is still a sensitive issue. The contending parties are the employers and the organized labour sector. The government sector, who is the third party in the issue precariously balances itself in-between.
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Revolving loan fund memorandum of agreement
09 May 1995
The Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) is being utilized primarily to provide the financial requirements of the members of the Federation of Matigsalog-Manobo Tribal Councils for their initial livelihood undertakings.
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Child workers in footwear manufacturing in Marikina
14 April 1995
The child labour problem concerns all types and sizes of enterprises, but is more prevalent in informal sector enterprises. The study focusses on child labourers engaged in Marikina's footwear industry.
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National desk review: The Philippines
17 March 1995
The ILO through its interdepartmental project on Environment and the World of Work has a particular role to play in promoting closer and more varied integration of environment issues within the everyday world of work. In this respect, and as ILO's commitment to promoting effective follow-up action to Agenda 21 - the programme of action adopted at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in 1992.
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Indigenous knowledge system and practices among selected Philippine ethnic groups and their promotion through cooperatives
24 February 1995
The ILO is glad to release this study as contribution to promoting the role of the indigenous people to sustainable development. It is hope that this will be a helpful reference to development workers, researchers, policy-makers and other parties committed to the application of indigenous knowledge and practices to the current times along with modern practice and technologies.
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Feasibility study for the establishment of a common facility centre in Marikina
24 February 1995
The report provides full assessment of the technical and financial feasibility of a centre that will help determine whether it should be established.
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Indigenous knowledge system and practices among selected Philippine ethnic groups and their promotion through cooperatives
13 February 1995
The objectives of this study is to collect and analyze information about indigenous knowledge systems and practices of the major indigenous groups in the Philippines.
1994
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Cooperative entrepreneurship for managers: Trainers' manual
15 December 1994
The manual is for managers who learn by doing, who have learned most of what they know from practical experience. It is meant to support them with more background knowledge, and also offers enough opportunity to share their experiences and ideas.
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Assessing the efficiency and outreach of urban micro-finance schemes: Main report
18 November 1994
The report includes two parts: the main report where data and information collected from five case studies on financial intermediaries are assessed and recommendations are made for improving access to financial services by the informal sector; and a second part where the five case studies are presented.
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Cooperative entrepreneurship for members: Trainers' manual
14 October 1994
The aim of the report is to convince cooperative members who have an innovative attitude and are willing to improve their entrepreneurial capabilities.
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Informal sector: Labour laws and industrial relations
30 September 1994
This report includes two parts: the main report where data and information collected from five case studies on financial intermediaries are assessed and recommendations are made for improving access to financial services by the informal sector; and a second part where the five case studies are presented.
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Snapshot of working conditions in the urban informal sector
29 August 1994
The report provides some baseline information on working conditions in the informal sector such as work area, shop floor arrangements, work posture, ventilation, lighting, among others.
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Working together to create jobs: A guide to worker-owned cooperative development
26 August 1994
The guide was developed out of ILO's concern about structural adjustment, poverty, unemployment and job creation and an awareness that worker-owned cooperatives can move actively address the pressing problems of unemployment in developing countries as well as the economic restructuring in Eastern Europe following the collapse of communism in 1990.
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An overview of Philippine EPZs
25 August 1994
In the Philippines, there are at least five other types of protected industrial zones that have emerged over the last ten years, combining both economic and political insulations.
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Training manual: Gender sensitivity training: An introduction to gender analysis in cooperatives
20 July 1994
The enhancement of women's participation in cooperatives is an issue in many countries. In the. Philippines, women represent half of the cooperatives' members, but are nevertheless widely underrepresented in leadership positions. One approach to enhance women's participation in cooperatives policy and decision making is to improve their skills for leadership and management functions.
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People with disabilities in the informal sector
15 July 1994
The report summarizes the findings and recommendations of a study with the following main objectives to assess the severity of the special problems faced by people with disabilities (PWDs).
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Background paper on the informal sector in the Philippines
10 June 1994
The report provides background information on the ILO's approach and programmes related to the informal sector with a view to putting the Interdepartmental Project on the Urban Informal Sector (INTERDEP) in a broader perspective.
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Manual for training cooperative management staff
31 March 1994
The manual was developed in answer to a long felt need for a resource material for practical training of cooperative staff.
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Trainers' manual: Pre-membership education seminar
10 January 1994
The target group of this training consists of future members of cooperatives, persons who have shown interest and the intention to either become members of an existing cooperative, or who want to organize and register their own.
1992
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Smokey mountain project and lessons learned
16 November 1992
Ten years ago the ILO chance to pilot a project for child scavengers Smokey Mountain was a huge dumpsite located near the pier for domestic at Tondo, Manila used for all the garbage trash of Metro Manila.