Library / documentation center

The Employment Sector Information and Documentation centre offers ILO Officials both at Headquarters and the field, ILO constituents, journalists, students and others a range of services to meet your information needs.

This includes access to the Sector's free publications, research assistance, loans from the Employment Sector's or the ILO Library's collection, guidance on how to use information resources and on-line research tools effectively. The Centre also organises displays of its own as well as other ILO publications during special events.

Recent publications

Publication

STRENGTHEN2 Employment Impact Assessment Methodologies

12 September 2023
Research Paper No.17

Resilience or need? COVID-19, informality and the probability of being employed

16 August 2023

The COVID-19 pandemic affected employment drastically. Using quarterly panel data from Peru for the periods 2019–21, this paper describes how the labour market adjusted in terms of informality and employability.
Publication

Promoting Fair Recruitment and Decent Work for African Migrant Workers

25 July 2023

Fair recruitment, international labour standards (ILS), union-to-union agreements, and monitoring and reporting
Global Report Part I

Public employment services and active labour market policies for transitions: Responses to mega trends and crises

14 July 2023

The first global report by the ILO on public employment services explores their role in mitigating the labor market disruptions stemming from the COVID-19 crisis and potentially future crises. Additionally, it investigates the adaptive measures and innovative strategies these institutions have employed to navigate the evolving world of work during the past two decades.
Publication

ILO Employment Intensive Investment Programme (EIIP) and the Humanitarian Development Peace Nexus (HDPN)

13 July 2023

EIIP activities contribute to peacebuilding by addressing the drivers of conflict.
Report

Vanuatu Tropical Cyclones Judy and Kevin 2023: Post Disaster Needs Assessment

06 July 2023
Active Labour Market Policies

The role of active labour market policies for a just transition

29 June 2023

This policy brief is part of the ILO Just Transition Policy Briefs series and is intended to present the linkages between just transition and the role of active labour market policies, providing stakeholders with information and recommendations for implementation.