ILO What Works Research Brief No. 12

Promoting Pathways to Decent Work

New evidence is available on the merits of combining income support with active labour market policies (ALMPs) to protect people during joblessness and promote pathways to decent work. Such a combination, or integrated approach, prevents people from being forced by necessity to accept any new job that comes their way, regardless of its quality, while at the same time equipping them with the necessary skills to aspire to better jobs and helping them to find new employment opportunities.