Resources on Rural economy

  1. Publication

    Shared Harvests: Agriculture, Trade, and Employment (ILO-UNCTAD)

    14 May 2013

    The edited volume “Shared Harvests: Agriculture, Trade and Employment” is the outcome of a technical cooperation project entitled “Assessing and Addressing the Effects of Trade and Employment” managed jointly by the European Commission and the International Labour Office (ILO) with funding from the European Union, and collaborative work between the ILO and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). The research findings in this volume emphasize the need to make agriculture (or re-establish it as) a high policy priority, particularly in the domains of development, trade, and employment.

  2. Public-private partnership

    Eliminating seasonal child labour in Turkey

    02 May 2013

    The ILO teams up with European private industry to help prevent children from working in seasonal hazelnut harvesting in Turkey.

  3. Publication

    Public Sector Shock: The impact of policy retrenchment in Europe

    24 April 2013

    On the basis of a comparative and comprehensive assessment, illustrated by case studies in education, health and public administration, policy issues are discussed with the aim of finding the right mix of public sector reforms.

  4. Publication

    Construction of low volume sealed roads

    01 April 2013

  5. News

    New FAO publication on child labour in the livestock sector

    27 February 2013

    FAO has published the first global study on child labour issues related to livestock. The study has benefited from ILO-IPEC inputs.

  6. Cooperatives

    Egypt’s farmers: Sowing the seeds of an agricultural revolution

    07 February 2013

    Agriculture will be critical to future economic growth in Egypt, says the ILO – but only if the laws on farmers’ co-ops are reformed.

  7. Development

    Employment in Africa: Think agriculture!

    29 January 2013

    Why agriculture should be Africa’s top priority.

  8. Publication

    The health of workers in selected sectors of the urban economy: Challenges and perspectives

    01 January 2013

    This paper aimed at analysing and systematizing the health challenges faced by the poorest strata of urban workers and to discuss solutions.

  9. News

    Netherlands and ILO cooperate to eliminate child labour in agriculture

    09 November 2012

    Project will combat the worst forms of child labour in seasonal agriculture in Turkey.

  10. Local development

    Tourism benefits Viet Nam’s rural poor

    01 November 2012

    Inland hilltribe villagers in Quang Nam province have increased their earnings by developing products such as traditional weavings, spices, tea gift baskets and home stay services for tourists, with the help of an ILO project and funding from the Luxembourg Government. By Tran Quynh Hoa, ILO Country Office for Viet Nam.