Employment, Labour Markets and Youth Branch (EMPLAB)
We work with member States to respond to their employment challenges and shape a better future of work by:
- Building their capacities on the design, delivery and monitoring of gender-sensitive, youth inclusive employment policies;
- Generating global knowledge and evidence through research, diagnostics and assessments;
- Strengthening their ability to design, delivery and monitor employment services and labour market programmes for effective labour market transitions;
- Mobilising resources and partnerships to scale up action and the impact of our work.
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News
Question and Answers: Part II, Two decades of national employment policies report, 2000-2020
12 February 2024
Since the early 2000s, the ILO has increasingly been assisting countries to support the development of integrated and comprehensive employment policies. This Q&A provides insights on Part II of the publication “Two decades of national employment policies 2000-2020: Towards a new generation of national employment policies (NEPs)”. The review – the first of its kind - analyses the main characteristics and trends in national employment policies across the world and over time. The review highlights that a new generation of employment policies will need to pursue some existing challenges while also addressing new ones.
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UN Women - ILO Policy Tool
Assessing the employment situation in five countries and promoting a gender responsive structural transformation
09 February 2024
A consolidated report on lessons learned and policy insights
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UN Women - ILO Policy Tool
Social accounting matrix-based analysis of gendered employment sectoral strategies in Ethiopia
09 February 2024
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UN Women - ILO Policy Tool
Gendered employment analysis and policy recommendations in Ethiopia
09 February 2024
Evidence from Hawassa and Yirgalem Intergrated Industrial Parks
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Statistical brief
Sri Lanka’s Labour Market during the Economic Crisis of 2022-2023
21 December 2023
Why the unemployment rate does not tell the full story
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Report
Guidelines on Green Employment Diagnostics for Just Transitions
21 December 2023
Supporting countries understand and respond to the opportunities and threats posed by climate change, and policy responses to promote just transitions