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APESO

Asia-Pacific Employment and Social Outlook 2024: Promoting decent work and social justice to manage ageing societies

This Asia-Pacific Employment and Social Outlook 2024 report pulls together the most recent statistics to depict the state of the labour market and its impact on the 3.4 billion people living in the region. Beyond past trends, the report examines the...

Integrated approaches for formalization in Asia and the Pacific

The care economy and decent work in Sri Lanka: Opportunities, challenges and future trends

The gender pay gap in Sri Lanka: A statistical review with policy implications

Manual for training of trainers

Labour market reintegration of migrant workers and former refugees upon return in their origin countries

Research study on effectiveness of implementation of sub policy and National Action Plan on Return and Reintegration - 2015

This research study by the ILO Country Office for Sri Lanka and Maldives commissioned at the request of the Ministry of Labour and Foreign Employment of Sri Lanka, focuses on the experience of Migrant Workers and their families through their return...

Report

Labour Market Supply and Demand for Sri Lankan Migrant Workers

Bridging a knowledge gap in the foreign employment landscape, the findings and recommendations from this study present a blueprint for shaping a more dignified and rewarding foreign employment labour market for Sri Lankan women and men.

Report

Labour market demand in Europe and North America: Prioritized destinations for Sri Lankan migrant workers

Report

Labour market demand in the Middle East: Prioritized destinations for Sri Lankan migrant workers

Report

Labour market demand in Asia Pacific: Prioritized destinations for Sri Lankan migrant workers

Labour market

Impact of multiple crises on Sri Lanka’s micro, small and medium-sized enterprises

This study set out to inform the labour market disruptions caused by the multiple crises do provide for an unprecedented opportunity for the Sri Lankan labour market to reset with a MSME business recovery model at centre stage.

Gender equality and women workers

Investments in childcare for gender equality in Asia and the Pacific

The report highlights why and how investing in childcare impacts positively on gender equality and decent work in Asia and the Pacific.

ADBI-OECD-ILO report

Labor migration in Asia: Changing profiles and processes

The report describes labour migration trends and policy needs in Asia after the lifting of strict entry and cross-border controls imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Migrant workers

Comprehensive mapping and assessment of reintegration measures in South Asian Colombo process Member States

This report has been jointly commissioned by ILO and IOM under the Governance of Labour Migration in South and Southeast Asia (GOALS) programme in collaboration with UN-Women and seeks to map out and assess the nature and gaps in the reintegration...

Framework for Sri Lanka’s health workers’ mobility adopting fair and ethical recruitment practices

Labour migration

Labour migration research on Sri Lanka: What do we know? What don’t we know?

Information on labour migration is scattered across different databases and among diverse stakeholders. Hence, this desk review attempts to analyze such dispersed information and curate them, identifying knowledge gaps to enable evidence-based...

Green jobs

Sri Lanka: The Employment - Environment - Climate Nexus: Employment and environmental sustainability factsheet

The Employment-Environment-Climate Nexus Factsheets are a series produced for countries in the Asia-Pacific region. This Factsheet provides key features of labour market and environmental sustainability performance in Sri Lanka, as well as...

Labour market

The labour market implications of Sri Lanka's multiple crises

Trends and challenges in Sri Lanka's labour market from pre-pandemic through COVID-19 and up to the current crisis, followed by policy recommendations.

Informal economy

The working conditions of home-based workers in Sri Lanka: A literature review

Desk study to identify the nature and extent of home-based work in Sri Lanka, specifically with respect to workers in micro and small enterprises, in the lower tiers of national and global supply chains

Public services

Building a high quality public service in Sri Lanka through workplace reform

The public service is a major employer in Sri Lanka, engaging some 1.4 million people. This Report recommends fundamental changes to the status quo: a new approach to workplace relations; a new human resource capability; new structures, processes...