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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.
INFOTEP: Working to Promote Competitive, Responsible and Sustainable Enterprises in the Dominican Republic
ILO Working Paper 26
Hurricanes and their implications for unemployment: Evidence from the Caribbean
Although extreme climate events pose significant challenges to labour markets, there is a paucity of empirical literature studying their impacts. The aim of the study is to investigate the impact of hurricane strikes on unemployment across a sample...
COVID-19 and the world of work
Tourism sector in the English- and Dutch-speaking Caribbean. An overview and the impact of COVID-19 on growth and employment
The tourism sector is the major source of revenue and jobs in the Caribbean region, and the key or one of the main sustainability oriented pillars for virtually all mid- and long-term national development strategies. The COVID-19 induced collapse of...
ECLM Project
How Immigrants Contribute to the Dominican Republic's Economy
A joint report by the OECD Development Centre and the International Labour Organisation (ILO), How Immigrants contribute to the Dominican Republic's economy, demonstrates the economic contribution of these immigrants and makes recommendations...
Market system analysis - Dominican Republic
Creating shared value in the Dominican Republic banana industry
A market systems analysis of plantation business performance and worker wages
Creating shared value in the Dominican Republic banana industry
A market systems analysis of plantation business performance and worker wages
W4Y Dominican Republic country summary
Work for Youth (W4Y) - (Final Evaluation Summary)
Project: GLO/11/01/MCF
Outcome 11: Strengthening workplace compliance through labour inspection (Final Evaluation Summary)
Project: GLO/14/56/NOR - Evaluation Consultant: Ana María García Femenía
Public Employment Services: Dominican Republic
Note on Public Employment Services in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic
PREJAL - Promoting Youth Employment in Latin America and the Caribbean: Public-Private Partnership
In 2005 the ILO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean – assisted by the ILO Office in Madrid – began the PREJAL project. This regional initiative for the promotion of youth employment in Latin America is one of the first public-private...
Guide for Enterprise Diagnostics: Get to Know and Improve your Labour Standards Performance
Strengthening the world of work response to HIV and AIDS: Public-Private Partnership
The ILO is the lead UN agency for HIV and AIDS policies and programmes in the world of work and private sector mobilization. The ILO programme on HIV and AIDS and the World of Work plays a key role in the global HIV responses through workplaces.
The ILO mandate and programme of work related to Small Island Developing States
Decent Work in Caribbean Small Island Developing States
The paper identifies some of the key challenges affecting Caribbean SIDS and explores the responses for solving these issues.
Notes on Formalization
Evolution of informal employment in the Dominican Republic
According to official estimates, between 2005 and 2010, informal employment fell from 58,6% to 47,9% as a proportion of total non-agricultural employment, in particular, as a result of reforms in the social security system expanding health care...
Promotion of gender-sensitive labour migration policies in Costa Rica, Haiti, Nicaragua, Panama and the Dominican Republic (Midterm...
Project RLA/09/05/EEC - Evaluation Consultant: Javier Varela
Verification Report-Dominican Republic-August-December 2010
This document summarizes the actions taken by the country, in the period August-December 2010, to comply with the recommendations of the White Paper