Nairobi

“Green jobs in Africa” – Regional training course

The objective of the course is to empower participants to provide meaningful inputs to national debates and policy making on the social and labour dimensions of climate change.

Event

ILO Academy on Social and Solidarity Economy, second edition

The first training academy, organized by the International Training Centre of the ILO (ITC ILO), was held in October 2010 in Turin, Italy. Known as the "ILO Social and Solidarity Economy Academy (SSE Academy)", this inter-regional training opportunity has gather together more than 70 practitioners and policy-makers from around the world, to share their experiences and meet leading SSE specialists.

Statement

Statement by Juan Somavia, Director-General of the International Labour Office, On the occasion of International Day of Cooperatives - 2 July 2011

02 July 2011

Publication

Rural Development Tools - Value-Chain Development for Decent Work

01 July 2011

A guide addressing Value Chain Development (VCD) from a market development perspective with a unique focus on how to achieve Decent Work.

Publication

Impact Insurance Research Paper #5: Microinsurance utilization in Nicaragua

01 July 2011

The aim of Research Paper #5 was to extend analysis on a randomized evaluation of voluntary health insurance in Managua, Nicaragua. The paper presents evidence that this insurance product did not increase wasteful consumption: children who were insured but not sick at the beginning of the study reported fewer visits to all providers than those who were uninsured but not sick. Importantly, this insurance product did result in some targeting towards less healthy children, as those who were sick at the beginning of the study reported significantly more visits to all providers, including covered providers. The researchers also present retention results where they find that only 6 percent of those insured were retained 18 months after subsidies were no longer available. Lastly, they present some descriptive statistics of diagnoses at health centers and costs to discuss the implications of the main burdens of disease.

Publication

Briefing Note #9: A business case for microinsurance

01 July 2011

Is there a business case for microinsurance? Under what circumstances can insurance companies generate profits from microinsurance? These are important questions because insurers are increasingly interested to expand into the low-income market. To encourage this expansion, microinsurance initiatives need to demonstrate that they are commercially viable and sustainable over time. Briefing Note #9 assesses the business case for microinsurance through case studies of five microinsurance initiatives.

Publication

Impact Insurance Working Paper #11: A business case for microinsurance: an analysis of the profitability of microinsurance for five insurance companies

01 July 2011

Is there a business case for microinsurance? Under what circumstances can insurance companies generate profits from microinsurance? These are important questions because insurers are increasingly interested to expand into the low-income market. To encourage this expansion, microinsurance initiatives need to demonstrate that they are commercially viable and sustainable over time. This paper assesses the business case for microinsurance through case studies of five microinsurance initiatives.

Publication

ILO and Cooperatives - COOP NEWS No. 2, 2011 (Newsletter)

22 June 2011

Publication

International Year of Cooperatives (IYC) Brief No. 4, June 2011

17 June 2011

Publication

ILO and Cooperatives - COOP NEWS No. 1, 2011 (Newsletter)

17 June 2011