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Fair recruitment

Promising practices for fair recruitment in Bangladesh: Digitised management of recruitment agencies

This document highlights promising practices for fair recruitment in Bangladesh with a focus on the use of digital technology for increased management of recruitment agencies and facilitating access to labour justice.

Social protection

World social protection report 2024-26: Regional companion report for Asia and the Pacific

This Asia and the Pacific regional companion report complements the ILO’s World Social Protection Report 2024-26: Universal social protection for climate action and a just transition.

South Asia Qualifications Referencing Framework: Technical Meeting#3

Under the auspices of GOALS (Governance of Labour Migration in South and South East Asia) ILO is assisting South Asian member states, through a consultative process to develop and implement Regional Qualifications Framework. As part of this...

South Asia Qualifications Referencing Framework: Final Report

Under the auspices of GOALS (Governance of Labour Migration in South and Southeast Asia) ILO is assisting South Asian member states, through a consultative process to develop and implement Regional Qualifications Framework. This report is a...

ILO Working paper 120

Working conditions of subnational government workers in selected South and South-east Asian countries: Bangladesh, Nepal, Indonesia,...

Work diversification

Rapid market analysis of the seaweed value chain in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh

Seaweed at Cox's Bazar is harvested and cultivated on a small scale by households and clusters of women farmers, serving as a source of supplementary income. Yet, it is a highly versatile product with significant potential as a nutritious food...

Work diversification

Rapid market analysis of the salt value chain in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh

Salt production in Bangladesh employs nearly 40,000 farming households in Chittagong and Cox’s Bazar and involves over 500,000 workers in the value chain from production to processing, indirectly supporting an estimated 2.5 million people. However,...

Results

Bangladesh employment injury scheme phase 1 achievements

The Bangladesh pilot employment injury scheme aims to provide income security to workers, and their families in the event of work-related injuries, disability or death.

Active Labour Market Programs Improve Employment and Earnings of Young People

This ILO-WB Policy brief examines the impact of youth-targeted active labour market programs (ALMPs) on employment and earnings, based on a systematic review of evaluations conducted from 1990 to 2021.

APESO

Asia-Pacific Employment and Social Outlook 2024: Promoting decent work and social justice to manage ageing societies

This Asia-Pacific Employment and Social Outlook 2024 report pulls together the most recent statistics to depict the state of the labour market and its impact on the 3.4 billion people living in the region. Beyond past trends, the report examines the...

Fact sheet

Reintegration for Bangladesh's Migrant Workers

This factsheet provides a quick snapshot of the migrant re-integration project in Bangladesh

ADBI-OECD-ILO joint publication

Labor migration in Asia: Trends, skills certification, and seasonal work

The report describes the labour migration landscape and trends in Asia as the region continues its post-COVID-19 pandemic recovery.

Fact sheet

Pilot employment injury scheme for Bangladesh's RMG sector

Updated fact sheet for the Bangladesh pilot employment injury scheme

Integrated approaches for formalization in Asia and the Pacific

Detailed report

Skills demand and supply assessment in the Chattogram-Cox's Bazar region, Bangladesh

Two-faceted assessment was conducted that included industry skills demand anticipation and skills supply in the Chattogram–Cox’s Bazar region, focusing on five priority economic sectors. The study provides strategic recommendations for fostering...

Skills development

Skills Matter!

The continuum of interventions allowed for meaningful changes in people’s lives, in institutions’ capacity, in companies’ productivity and in the way the TVET system operates. The ILO interventions, with the support of the European Union and the...

Manual for training of trainers

Labour market reintegration of migrant workers and former refugees upon return in their origin countries

Gendering migration pathways from Bangladesh to Jordan and Lebanon: Before and after the COVID-19 pandemic

South Asia Qualifications Referencing Framework: Technical Meeting #4

Under the auspices of GOALS (Governance of Labour Migration in South and Southeast Asia) ILO is assisting South Asian member states, through a consultative process to develop and implement Regional Qualifications Framework. As part of this process,...

Publication

Pictorial handbook to establish model enterprise clinic at RMG industries in Bangladesh

This handbook provides guidelines for implementing enterprise clinics in factories. They are based on relevant provisions in the Bangladesh Labour Act and Labour Rules and aim to ensure compliance while addressing the specific needs and challenges...