Research and Publications
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Flagship reports
World of Work Series
Lifelong learning and skills for the future
World of Work series
Employment and Social Trends 2026
Major publications
Global Employment Trends for Youth 2026: Back to the future
Social Protection
The future of social insurance in Viet Nam: Policy options and recommendations
Report
Global Employment Policy Review 2025: Do employment-responsive policies work? How impact assessments, diagnostics and dialogue contribute...
Joint ILO-UNICEF report
Child Labour: Global estimates 2024, trends and the road forward
Working papers
ILO Working Paper 178
Climate-Related Heat Stress and Occupational Mortality in Colombia
ILO Working Paper 177
Why social dialogue is necessary for sustainable economic development: Exploring peak-level social dialogue in alternative scenarios
ILO Working Paper 176
Inclusive social insurance: Exploring real solutions to reach the self-employed
Briefs
Gender and statistics in the world of work in the Arab States Region
Brief
Employment impact assessment of Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica
Policy Brief
El Niño 2026–2027 and the world of work in Latin America and the Caribbean: a causal chain from climate to employment and labour...
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Key research projects
Integrating Trade and Decent Work
What Works? Active labour market policies as pathways to decent work
Improving Compliance with Labour Protection
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, the journal is published quarterly in English, French and Spanish.
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