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  1. Good Practice

    Poverty Reduction though decent employment creation in Liberia - Final evaluation

    24 October 2017

  2. Good Practice

    Micro and small enterprise development for pro-poor growth in Sri Lanka (ENTER-GROWTH) - Final Evaluation

    24 October 2017

  3. Good Practice

    Corporate social responsibility in the Chinese textile industry - Final Evaluation

    24 October 2017

  4. Global Business Network for Social Protection Floors

    Leading multinationals highlight importance of social protection

    24 October 2017

    Representatives of more than a dozen multinational enterprises met in Geneva to highlight the importance of investment in social protection floors for growth in emerging markets.

  5. Publication

    Social Finance Working Paper #70: The social dimensions of development finance in Africa

    24 October 2017

    Results of a survey among AADFI members

  6. News

    Looking at the past and the future of My.Coop

    23 October 2017

    On 13 October, 2017 Agriterra, ITC-ILO and the Cooperatives Unit of the ILO met in Geneva to discuss the findings of a stocktaking study on My.Coop training package for agricultural cooperatives, with a view to enable more cooperatives to benefit from its use.

  7. Business and persons with disabilities

    Three multinational enterprises join the ILO’s Global Business and Disability Network

    23 October 2017

    More leading companies join the 17-member network and commit to the ten principles of the Global Business and Disability Charter.

  8. News

    Trade unions and producer organizations join forces to tackle child labour in agriculture

    20 October 2017

    In September 2017 over 20 representatives of rural workers’ trade unions, national trade union centres, and small producers’ organizations, including cooperatives, from 13 countries in Africa convened in Ghana. The purpose of the workshop was to discuss ways in which child labour can be sustainably eradicated in agriculture and rural economy at large in line with the Sustainable Development Goal indicator 8.7 on ending child labour in all its forms.

  9. News

    G7 Labour and Employment Ministers’ Declaration refers to cooperatives

    20 October 2017

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    World Employment and Social Outlook 2017 – Sustainable enterprises and jobs

    ILO calls for new strategies to help SMEs get loans

    16 October 2017

    Bank loans can help firms improve job quality and productivity, but are often difficult to get for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). Consequently, policy-makers should look into ways to make it easier for SMEs to access such external funding.