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Improving the impact of public policies and budgets on employment outcomes
Guide for the review of employment-related public expenditures and application to six pilot countries
This report presents the first assessment of employment-related public expenditures (ERPEs) in six pilot countries, as an input to support the gradual transition towards pro-employment budgets. The goal is to understand the consistency of public...
Social Finance Brief: Pacífico Seguros
Pacífico Seguros is Peru’s largest insurer in terms of premiums collected and second largest in terms of people insured. In this Social Finance Brief, we explore "Protected Business", an insurance product designed by Pacífico to cover the main risks...
Social Finance Brief: Insurance for MSMEs in Mexico
The ILO’s Impact Insurance Facility has been collaborating with the Mexican Association of Insurance Institutions to build inclusive insurance markets for excluded persons and for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the country. This...
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Productive transformation and sectoral policies during the COVID-19 crisis in El Salvador and Costa Rica
Employment policies that promote productive transformation are key to promoting job-rich growth. In this context, the current report reviews the past experience of two small open economies, Costa Rica and El Salvador, in introducing policies aimed...
Labour Overview series for Latin America and the Caribbean 2021
2021 Labour Overview, Latin America and the Caribbean - Executive Summary
The 2021 Employment Outlook describes a mixed bag scenario for employment and suggests that pre-pandemic levels will be reached by 2023 or even 2024.
Regional or country brief
Women in Business in Central America
Case studies from Costa Rica, El Salvador, Mexico (Chihuahua) and Panama show that women’s success as business owners and employers can be influenced by the size of their enterprise, the economic sectors in which they operate, their education and...
Transforming our world: A cooperative 2030 - Cooperative contributions to SDG 14
This brief is part of the Transforming our world: A cooperative 2030 series produced by the Committee for the Promotion and Advancement of Cooperatives (COPAC). Through a series of 17 briefs, one for each Sustainable Development Goal (SDG), COPAC...
Skills for Green Jobs in Costa Rica
ECLM Project
How Immigrants Contribute to Costa Rica's Economy
A joint report by the OECD Development Centre and the International Labour Organisation (ILO), How Immigrants contribute to Costa Rica's economy, demonstrates the economic contribution of these immigrants and makes recommendations regarding the...
Countries in Focus on Statistics of Cooperatives
Statistics on Cooperatives Country in Focus: Costa Rica
Countries in Focus on Statistics of Cooperatives is a series produced by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Committee for the Promotion and Advancement of Cooperatives (COPAC) as part of a larger initiative to increase understanding...
Moving Up the Global Value Chain: The case of Intel Costa Rica. (ILO Americas 2017/8)
As is natural in these narratives, although 1998 is a milestone, the story did not begin in that year. Nor does it end with the announcement in 2014 of the alleged "withdrawal" of Intel from Costa Rica.
Use of statistics on cooperatives in national policy making
This report on the “Use of statistics on cooperatives in national policy making”, prepared by Dr. Johnston Birchall, is the latest addition to the work in advancing understanding on statistics on cooperatives and their use in national policy...
Public policies for social and solidarity economy: Assessing progress in seven countries
This particular study is a comparative analysis of seven ILO case studies. In the first part, an overview of the public policies for social and solidarity economy in Brazil, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, the Philippines, South Africa, the Republic of Korea...
P&B Outcome 17 (Discrimination in employment and occupation is eliminated) - Final evaluation summary
Project Code: GLO/14/58/NOR; GLO/12/52/NOR - Evaluation consultant: Magali Bonne-Moreau
Outcome 10: Thematic funding for 2014-15 (Norway-ILO Partnership Programme 2012-15) - Final Evaluation Summary
Project: GLO/14/60/NOR
Promoting respect for informal workers' labour rights in Costa Rica, El Salvador and Honduras (Midterm Evaluation Summary)
Project: RLA/12/01/USA - Evaluation Consultants: Gabriela León Segura and Andrea Meneses Rojas
Public Employment Services: Costa Rica
Note on Public Employment Services in Costa Rica
Costa Rica
Latin American Network to Combat Child Labour: Public-Private Partnership
This partnership between Fundación Telefónica and the ILO created a strategic regional alliance to more efficiently combat child labour in Latin America. It strengthens institutions and provides the required tools to disseminate good practices and...
Los derechos, la organización y la protección social de los trabajadores de la Economía Informal y su tránsito a la formalidad. Seminario...
En este documento se resume el desarrollo de este taller subregional, organizado por el proyecto Promoviendo el respeto a los derechos laborales de los trabajadores de la economía informal en Costa Rica, El Salvador y Honduras (ProSEI), de la...