Publications
The ILO Decent Work Technical Support Team and Country Office for India (DWT/CO-New Delhi) 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 hard copies purchased from the ILO Communication & Information Unit in New Delhi or by email.
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2013
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Towards a more effective labour market information system in India
09 May 2013
The objective of this discussion paper is to outline the steps necessary to generate a strengthened Labour Market Information System (LMIS) for India.
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Promoting decent work across borders: A Philippine based project for migrant health professionals and skilled workers: Fact sheet
01 May 2013
Migration trends have shown that skilled nurses and other health professionals while vital, are also globally scare. Demand for Filipino professional nurses given temporary work visas has been increasing since 1997 with the highest nurse deployment in 2011.
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Youth employment and unemployment: An Indian perspective
23 April 2013
This paper provides important insights into the challenges facing young people in India in terms of underemployment, unemployment and the lack of job opportunities in the formal economy. The study highlights the diversity in outcomes for young people depending on their educational attainment, social status and where they live.
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ILO India Newsletter, January-March 2013
23 April 2013
Quarterly E-Newsletter from the ILO’s Office in India, January - March 2013, Volume 2, Issue 1
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Low female employment in a period of high growth: Insights from a primary survey in Uttar Pradesh & Gujarat
15 April 2013
This study was undertaken as a response to the growing concern over declining female employment in India, with the objective of understanding some of the reasons behind this phenomenon. Further decline in the female workforce participation rate adds to this necessity.
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Implementing the G20 Seoul Development and Employment Commitments: An Assessment
11 February 2013
This study assesses how much the G20 members have implemented the development and employment commitments that were made at the G20 summit in Seoul on November 11-12, 2010, both in the first year following the summit and then in the months and years beyond. The study also synthesizes supporting case studies on India, Mexico and South Africa for deeper analysis.
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ILO India Newsletter, October-December 2012
30 January 2013
Quarterly E-Newsletter from the ILO’s Office in India, October - December 2012, Volume 1, Issue 3
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Plan safe, plan healthy: Guidelines for developing national programmes on occupational safety and health
02 January 2013
This guide will serve as a useful source of information for those involved in preparing national programmes on occupational safety and health (OSH) and, consequently, will deliver an improvement in working conditions and a reduction in work-related accidents and diseases.
2012
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The global impact of e-waste: Addressing the challenge
20 December 2012
This paper explores the volumes, sources and flows of e-waste, the risks it poses to e-waste workers and the environment, occupational safety and health issues, labour issues and regulatory frameworks, and links this growing global problem with the International Labour Organization’s current and future work.
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Review of the institutional arrangements for labour market information and skills anticipation in India
03 December 2012
This study was commissioned by the ILO as part of a dual phase assignment to review current institutional arrangements for labour market information and skills anticipation in India, and to develop a national model that recommends the roles, responsibilities and key data sets required to meet the information needs of key users in the future.
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The ILO in Asia and the Pacific
03 December 2012
The International Labour Organization (ILO) promotes social justice and internationally recognized human and labour rights. Its overarching goal is to achieve decent work for all so everyone can work in conditions of freedom, equity, security and human dignity.
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Convergence Against Child Labour: Support for India’s Model- Interim Report (2012)
01 December 2012
This Interim Independent Evaluation (IIE) is the first comprehensive review of the Convergence Project, and aims to assess its achievements, with regard to piloting the Convergence model and all its components.
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Convergence Against Child Labour: Support for India’s Model (Midterm Evaluation Summary)
01 December 2012
Project: IND/08/50/USA Evaluation Consultants: Leader: Smita Premchander; Sandhya Kanneganti, Brajesh Pandey
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ILO India Newsletter, May-August 2012
22 October 2012
Quarterly E-Newsletter from the ILO’s Office in India, May—August 2012, Volume 1, Issue 2
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Promoting decent work across borders: A Philippine based project for migrant health professionals and skilled workers (This project is funded by the European Union)
01 October 2012
The migration of healthcare professionals raises concerns from both source and host countries. Health professional mobility impacts the performance of health systems by changing the composition of health workforce and outcomes in both sending and receiving countries.
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International Labour Review, Volume 151 (2012), No. 3
01 September 2012
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Green Jobs Background Brief No. 3 - August 2012
29 August 2012
The background brief provides a summary of the latest news and events from Green Jobs Programme for Asia and the Pacific
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Working Paper No. 40: "Employee participation in India"
23 August 2012
This paper is one of a series of national studies on employee participation practices in Asia undertaken within the research programme in the field of industrial relations in the region. This is linked to the ILO Global Product on Supporting collective bargaining and sound industrial and employment relations, involving close collaboration between the Industrial and Employment Relations Department (DIALOGUE) at ILO headquarters and the ILO Decent Work Team for South Asia. The national studies aim at analysing the degree of employee participation within the enterprise, the forms such participation has taken, the issues that have been its focus, and its impact on workers’ rights, employment conditions, and the economic efficiency of the enterprise.
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Trade Unions and Special Economic Zones in India
11 June 2012
The term SEZ covers a broad range of zones, such as export processing zones, industrial parks, free ports, enterprise zones, and others. Industrial free zones, industrial export zones, free trade zones (often presented as bonded platforms within countries heavily involved in transit trade), special economic zones (principally in China), bonded warehouses, technological and scientific parks, financial services zones, free ports, duty-free zones (destined for the retailing of duty-free consumer goods to tourists) are also among the variants. EPZs have been a feature of Indian policy since 1960.
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ILO India Newsletter, January-April 2012
07 June 2012
Quarterly E-Newsletter From the ILO’s Office in India, January - April 2012, Volume 1, Issue 1