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• 2008 Labour Overview. Latin America and the Caribbean - Buy now
  01 July 2009 - This edition provides evidence of the effects of an unprecedented international crisis that has cast a shadow over the global economy and is reflected in the employment situation in the region. Employment will be a challenge in 2009. As ILO Director-General, Juan Somavia stated, "The ILO's message is realistic, not alarmist" with respect to this situation.
• 2007 Labour Overview. Latin America and the Caribbean - Buy now
  14 May 2008 - This report demonstrates that Latin America and the Caribbean have made progress in improving some key labour market indicators, especially in reducing unemployment, but significant gaps persist that affect the most vulnerable populations, the rate of informality remains high and not all workers have social protection...
• 2005 Labour Overview - Latin America and the Caribbean - [pdf 1543 KB] - Buy now
  09 November 2005 - This report provides a valuable assessment of the current economic and labour market situation in Latin America and the Caribbean. It examines how, overall, healthy economic performance has led to improvements in the regional labour market, but that unemployment in the region still remains high.

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• Action against child labour. IPEC highlights 2008 - Buy now
  08 July 2009 - This report is the mid-term implementation report of the International Labour Organization’s International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour for the biennium 2008-09.
• A guide to worker displacement: Some tools for reducing the impact on workers, communities and enterprises (update 2009) - Buy now
  19 June 2009 - The guide is primarily for use in industrialized and transition countries, and is aimed at policy makers, employers and workers in developing appropriate responses that promote worker retention and employment during the recession.
• Active labour market policies around the world. Coping with the consequences of globalization. (Second edition) - Buy now
  30 April 2008 - This revised and updated edition provides an authoritative account of how active labour market policies (ALMPs) can help make globalization work better in the interest of workers around the world.
• Achieving equal employment opportunities for people with disabilities through legislation. Guidelines - Buy now
  13 December 2007 - These guidelines reflect the reappraisal of disability as a human rights issue. Intended for policy-makers and drafters of legislation, they have been developed with a view to assisting in improving the effectiveness of national laws concerning training and employment of disabled persons, as part of an ILO Project "The Employment of People with Disabilities: The impact of Legislation". ...
• ABC of women workers' rights and gender equality - Buy now
  29 October 2007 - This second-editioned publication presents important information relevant to women workers in entries on sexual harassment, women in development, the glass ceiling and many more. With an easy-to-follow, this book provides an essential tool raising awareness and legal literacy on gender equality issues.
• A manual for gender audit facilitators. The ILO participatory gender audit methodology - Buy now
  13 July 2007 - This manual provides gender audit facilitators with guidelines and practical instructions on how to plan and implement participatory gender audits in an organizational context. ...
• A handbook on HIV/AIDS for labour and factory inspectors - Buy now
  13 June 2005 - Comprises practical information for group discussions in training seminars or as a reference document for inspectors, including information on the "ILO code of practice on HIV/AIDS and the world of work".
• A promotional framework for occupational safety and health. Report 93 IV (1) - Buy now
  29 July 2004 - Gives an overview on national occupational safety and health (OSH) programmes and systems as well as on ways of promoting a safety culture. Includes the questionnaire requesting member States to provide their views concerning the scope and content of the possible OSH instrument. Lists relevant ILO Conventions and Recommendations.
• A fair globalization. The role of the ILO. Report of the Director-General on the World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalization (Report 92). - Buy now
  21 May 2004 - Explores how the ILO can develop a central recommendation of the World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalization to make decent work a global goal. ...
• A fair globalization: Creating opportunities for all - Buy now
  24 February 2004 - Using worldwide expertise, examines the various facets of globalization, the diversity of public perceptions of the process, and its implications for economic and social progress. Proposes a series of coordinated measures across a broad front to improve governance and accountability at both national and international levels. ...
• A statistical profile of the teaching profession - Buy now
  28 October 2002 - Compiles world data on the composition of the teaching force by age and gender, working and teaching time, class size, salaries, etc., for the period 1990-1999.
• A future without child labour. Global report under the follow-up to the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work. Report of the Director-General, 2002 - [pdf 5686 KB] - Buy now
  06 May 2002 - Folder containing flyers, fact sheets, the report "A future without child labour", and resource lists of contact persons by region.
• Action against child labour - Buy now
  28 February 2000 - Based primarily on ILO experience, particularly its International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC), addresses the strategies, instruments, methodologies and information necessary to plan and carry out effective action to eliminate child labour.
• Adjustment, employment and missing institutions in Africa - Buy now
  25 October 1999 -
• Accident prevention on board ship at sea and in port (2nd edition). Code of practice - Buy now
  10 October 1996 - This code of practice aims at improving safety at sea by providing guidelines to evaluate the special risks of bulk cargoes such as oil, gas and chemicals and the hazards relating to roll-on/roll-off vessels, ferries and container ships.
• A guide to the teaching of collective bargaining. An instructional aid for worker students - Buy now
  22 April 1991 -
• Accident prevention. A workers’ education manual - Buy now
  21 May 1986 - Workers education teaching aid, safety training textbook on occupational safety and occupational accident prevention in the manufacturing industries - covers accident investigations, data collecting and interpretation; considers fire and explosion hazards, guarding of machine tools, protective clothing and equipment; outlines the role of ILO, (esp. ...