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

  1. Publication

    Tripartite declaration of principles concerning multinational enterprises and social policy (MNE Declaration)

    24 March 2023

    The MNE Declaration is the only ILO instrument that provides direct guidance to enterprises on social policy and inclusive, responsible and sustainable workplace practices. It is the only global instrument in this area that was elaborated and adopted by governments, employers and workers from around the world. It was adopted more than 40 years ago and amended several times (in 2000, 2006, 2017), most recently in 2022. Its principles are addressed to MNEs, governments, and employers’ and workers’ organizations and cover areas such as employment, training, conditions of work and life, and industrial relations as well as general policies. All principles build on international labour standards (ILO conventions and recommendations). The MNE Declaration facilitates outreach and understanding of the Decent Work agenda in the private sector. It is a key instrument guiding the Responsible Business Conduct (RBC) agenda to achieve inclusive, sustainable and responsible supply chains.

  2. Joint ILO-FAO-Cirad engagement to support job rich recovery in Africa

    JobAgri: Putting knowledge to work to support job-rich investments in agriculture and agri-food chains in Africa

    10 March 2023

  3. Publication

    Guidelines for employment diagnostics in times of continuous change

    08 March 2023

    This guidance note outlines ILO’s approach to employment diagnostics in order to analyse labour market dynamics in continuous change.

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    Special edition - International Women's Day 2023 - EMPLOYMENT Newsletter

    06 March 2023

    This is a special themed edition of the EMPLOYMENT newsletter published on the occasion of International Women’s Day 2023.

  5. Handout

    Summary: Monitoring and evaluation of G7 ODA employment and skills promotion programmes’ impact on green jobs and skills

    03 March 2023

  6. Publication

    Measurement of green jobs and skills in the context of monitoring and evaluation of G7 members’ official development assistance: Mapping and proposed framework

    03 March 2023

    This report provides recommendations for the measurement of green jobs and skills for the purposes of monitoring and evaluation in G7 official development assistance (ODA).

  7. Rapport nationale

    Stratégie Nationale pour l'Emploi en Tunisie: Rapport de Diagnostic

    10 February 2023

    Ce présent rapport est une synthèse qui reprend les principales analyses et conclusions de plusieurs études thématiques préparatoires élaborés dans le cadre du processus de formulation de la Stratégie Nationale pour l’Emploi (SNE)

  8. Publication

    Participation and employment in seven developing economies: An age-period-cohort analysis

    09 February 2023

    This paper aims at comparing various characteristics of labour force participation and employment, either formal or informal, for both men and women in several emerging or developing economies of different regions using pseudo panels and the Age-Period-Cohort (APC) method.