Publications

Regional Dialogue on Market Impact of Syrian Refugee Crisis in Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, Iraq and Egypt: summary report and conclusions

05 October 2015

The countries neighbouring Syria and hosting large numbers of refugees are struggling to find an appropriate response to the labour market impact of the massive refugee influx. With no or limited legal access to work, Syrian refugees are working informally which is putting increasing pressure on already vulnerable local labour markets, causing further deterioration of working conditions and wages and leading to growth of informal economies of host countries.
The Impact of Public Investment in Social Care Services on Employment, Gender Equality, and Poverty: The Turkish Case

01 October 2015

İSTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY WOMEN’S STUDIES CENTER IN SCIENCE, ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY AND THE LEVY ECONOMICS INSTITUTE OF BARD COLLEGE

Building a preventative safety and health culture

20 December 2013

A guide to the Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155), its 2002 Protocol and the Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 2006 (No. 187)

Green Jobs: Towards decent work in a sustainable, low-carbon world (report overview)

24 September 2008

The present overview draws on evidence and findings presented in the report “Green Jobs: Towards Decent Work in a Sustainable, Low-Carbon World”. While the overview is consistent with the report, it also includes reflections emerging from the exchanges among the partners of the Green Jobs Initiative not contained in the original report. The original report is commissioned and funded by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), as part of the Green Jobs Initiative jointly mounted by UNEP, the International Labour Organization (ILO), the International Organisation of Employers (IOE) and the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC). It is produced by the Worldwatch Institute, with technical assistance from the Cornell University Global Labour Institute, for UNEP.

The ILO : what it is, what it does

22 July 2004

Briefly describes the fundamental issues and technical matters which form part of the ILO’s mandate. Comments on the organization’s actual methods of work. Includes addresses of ILO offices.

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