Information resources

Selected publications

1. 

   Women and labour markets in Asia: rebalancing for gender equality

   29 April 2011 - Bangkok

   The report is a joint undertaking by the ADB and the ILO’s Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, reflecting the high-level commitment of both organizations to gender equality in the region, as an economic and social investment that will generate enormous dividends for sustainable development in the region.

2. 

   Global Employment Trends 2011: The challenge of a jobs recovery

   01 January 2011

   The annual Global Employment Trends (GET) report provides the latest global and regional estimates of employment and unemployment, employment by sector, vulnerable employment, labour productivity and working poverty, while also analysing country-level issues and trends in the labour market. Taking into account macroeconomic trends and forecasts, the GET includes a short-term outlook for labour markets around the world.

   1. Executive summary of Global Employment Trends 2011
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   Gender dimensions of agricultural and rural employment: Differentiated pathways out of poverty

   21 January 2011

   This interagency report on the gender dimension of agricultural work was produced by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the International Labour Office (ILO) following two years of work begun in 2009. It is the first comprehensive look at gender and work in rural areas since the start of the global economic crisis.