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Credit guarantee schemes, MSME access to finance and labour productivity in Africa

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Credit guarantee schemes, MSME access to finance and labour productivity in Africa

This research aims to evaluate how credit guarantee schemes (CGS) affect MSMEs' ability to access money and create decent jobs.

Employment impact assessment of Luangwa-Mwami road, part of the interregional Nacala Road Corridor Project, Zambia
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Employment impact assessment of Luangwa-Mwami road, part of the interregional Nacala Road Corridor Project, Zambia

Active Labour Market Programs Improve Employment and Earnings of Young People
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Active Labour Market Programs Improve Employment and Earnings of Young People

This ILO-WB Policy brief examines the impact of youth-targeted active labour market programs (ALMPs) on employment and earnings, based on a systematic review of evaluations conducted from 1990 to 2021.

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

GENSEC: A Gender-responsive Sectoral Policy Tool
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ILO Policy Tool

GENSEC: A Gender-responsive Sectoral Policy Tool

The effects of automation in the apparel and footwear industries and their gender dimensions: Indonesia case study
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The effects of automation in the apparel and footwear industries and their gender dimensions: Indonesia case study

ILO care policy investment simulator: Technical note
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ILO care policy investment simulator: Technical note

This Technical Note provides guidance on how to use the online ILO Care Policy Investment Simulator by explaining the underlying methodology, calculations and results. The Simulator helps build tailor-made care policy investment packages to fill...

Imbalances between supply and demand Recent causes of labour shortages in advanced economies
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ILO Working Paper 115

Imbalances between supply and demand Recent causes of labour shortages in advanced economies

Identifying skills for transitions to formality in the Lebanese agri-food sector
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Identifying skills for transitions to formality in the Lebanese agri-food sector

Focus on Dairy Production and Non-Alcoholic Beverages

Integrated approaches for formalization in Asia and the Pacific
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Integrated approaches for formalization in Asia and the Pacific

Pacific Employment and Social Monitor, April 2024: Towards resilient labour markets and better jobs
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Pacific Employment and Social Monitor, April 2024: Towards resilient labour markets and better jobs

The report highlights how low-quality jobs are driving migration from smaller Pacific islands and calls for targeted policies for inclusive decent work.

Formalization and simplified micro and small enterprise regimes: Towards reform of the Viet Nam household business legislation
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Formalization and simplified micro and small enterprise regimes: Towards reform of the Viet Nam household business legislation

This paper proposes concrete recommendations to better integrate MSEs in Viet Nam in the formal economy, in addition to highlighting the importance of registration systems within a comprehensive and integrated policy framework for business...

New technologies, e-government and informality
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ILO Working paper 112

New technologies, e-government and informality

This working paper studies the complex relationship between technology adoption and infor­mality, leveraging recent cross-country data to analyse the effects of mobile phone subscrip­tions, internet access, automation and e-government on informal...

Skills Matter!
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Skills Matter!

The continuum of interventions allowed for meaningful changes in people’s lives, in institutions’ capacity, in companies’ productivity and in the way the TVET system operates. The ILO interventions, with the support of the European Union and...

Intergenerational trends in educational and income mobility in the United States of America since the 1960s
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ILO Working paper 111

Intergenerational trends in educational and income mobility in the United States of America since the 1960s

This paper examines the evolution of educational and income mobility in the US since the 1960s, showing increased upward mobility for low-income individuals and decreased downward mobility for children of college graduates, highlighting the role of...

Green Jobs Assessment Model Ghana
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Green Jobs Assessment Model Ghana

ILO Central and Eastern Europe Newsletter March 2024
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ILO Central and Eastern Europe Newsletter March 2024

Measuring labour market transitions of youths in Thailand: Evidence from rotation groups (2012–21) in the Labour Force Surveys
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ILO Working paper 110

Measuring labour market transitions of youths in Thailand: Evidence from rotation groups (2012–21) in the Labour Force Surveys

This study analysed data covering a full decade of Thai economic activity. It is critical to recognize just how much has changed in the country over the intervening decade. Demographic change has resulted in overall population decline as well as a...

EMPLOYMENT Department Newsletter, March/April 2024
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EMPLOYMENT Department Newsletter, March/April 2024

Profile of Portugal’s Young NEETs
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Profile of Portugal’s Young NEETs