Research and Publications
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Flagship reports
Flagship report
World Employment and Social Outlook: May 2025 Update
ILO Flagship report
World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends 2025
Major publications
Joint ILO-Unicef report
Child Labour: Global estimates 2024, trends and the road forward
Research Report
Innovative approaches to formalization in Asia and the Pacific: Background report to ILO Asia and the Pacific Tripartite Regional Knowledge...
Flagship Programme
Global Flagship Programme on Building Social Protection Floors for All: 2024 Report
4th edition
ILO global estimates on international migrants in the labour force
Working papers
ILO Working Paper 141
A study of the employment and earnings outcomes of second-generation migrants
ILO Working Paper 140
Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure
ILO Working paper 138
Responses of technical and vocational education and training institutions to the needs of industry’s digital transformation in South-East...
Briefs
Policy Brief
Platform Work Associations and the Platform Workers Act in Singapore
Labour migration
Policy brief on Nepal’s labour migration governance through business and human rights perspective
Formalization of micro and small enterprises and their workers: Experiences from Senegal
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Active projects
Multi-year project
Integrating Trade and Decent Work
Multi-year project
Skills, Active Labour Market Policies and Policy Evaluation
International Labour Review
The International Labour Review (ILR) is a peer-reviewed multidisciplinary journal of international scope in labour and employment studies. Established in 1921 by decision of the ILO Governing Body, it is published quarterly in English, French and Sp
Events and courses
Research Seminar
Cultivating Fields of Progress: Agriculture and the International Labour Organization, 1920s–1950s
Research Seminar
Are AI jobs driving up demand for STEM education?
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