Persistent poverty, increasing income inequality and slow job growth – further exacerbated by financial and economic crises and climate change – are critical constraints on economic and social progress. Promoting inclusive job-rich growth is a central challenge for all countries today. The Social Justice Declaration reconfirms the importance of the mission of member States and the ILO to place full and productive employment and decent work at the centre of economic and social policies. More >
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Key Indicators of the Labour Market (KILM), Sixth Edition
Published every two years since 1999, the KILM is a collection of 20 key indicators of the labour market, ranging from employment and variables relating to employment (status, sector, hours, etc.) to the lack of work and the characteristics of jobseekers, education, wages and compensation costs, labour productivity and working poverty. ... -
Guide to the new Millennium Development Goals Employment indicators : including the full decent work indicator set - [pdf 1885 KB] -
A rapid impact assessment of the global economic crisis on Liberia - [pdf 610 KB]
Prepared for the Republic of Liberia with technical assistance from Professor James Heintz and the International Labour Organization -
Country level rapid impact assessment of crisis on employment - [pdf 589 KB]
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Decent Work for People with Disabilities – Count Us In!
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Women and men with disabilities can and want to be productive members of society. This four minute video combines music and images to raise awareness about the barriers as well as the actions needed to help people with disabilities obtain decent work and a better life. -
Decent Work Issues in Poverty Reduction
Strategies and National Development
Frameworks - [pdf 301 KB]
Employment Sector - Employment Report No. 5 -
A survey of the Great Depression
as recorded in the International Labour Review, 1931-1939 - [pdf 329 KB]
Employment Working Paper No. 42 -
The well-being of labour in contemporary Indian economy : what’s active labour market policy got to do with it? - [pdf 480 KB]
Employment Working Paper No. 39 -
Rethinking monetary and financial policy : practical suggestions for monitoring financial stability while generating employment and poverty reduction - [pdf 404 KB]
Employment Working Paper No. 37 -
The global economic crisis and developing countries: transmission channels, fiscal and policy space and the design of national responses - [pdf 904 KB]
Employment Working Paper No. 36 -
The promotion of sustainable enterprises - Buy now
Promoting sustainable enterprises is about strengthening the institutions and governance systems which nurture enterprises. This volume provides detailed guidance on what constitutes a conducive environment for sustainable enterprises. Sustainable enterprises need sustainable societies. Business tends to thrive where societies thrive and vice versa.