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Decent work

Decent Work Country Programme for Nepal 2023-2027

The Decent Work Country Programme (DWCP) for Nepal covering 2023-2027 aims to improve access to decent work and better opportunities for more people in Nepal.

ILO Brief

Decent Work Country Programme for Nepal (2023-2027) - At a Glance

An appraisal of EIIP’s longer-term development impacts

The purpose of this study is to improve understanding of how the project implementation related activities of the Employment Intensive Investment Programme (EIIP) generate long-term development impacts which arise out of: (a) the benefits for users and the wider society of the improved assets, and (b) the employment and increased incomes of those employed on projects.

Gender equality and women workers

Investments in childcare for gender equality in Asia and the Pacific

The report highlights why and how investing in childcare impacts positively on gender equality and decent work in Asia and the Pacific.

Social protection

Social health protection in Nepal: State of play and recommendations towards universal extension of coverage

The report provides recommendations for universal extension of social health protection coverage.

Policy Brief

Policy Brief Investing in Social Protection for Economic Growth: Multipliers of Social Protection - Nepal country case study

The policy brief focuses on the central role of social protection in boosting Nepal's economic growth in an inclusive and sustainable way.

Infographic

Infographic: Investing in social protection for economic growth: Multipliers of social protection - Nepal country case study

Infographic

Infographic: Extending social protection for all in Nepal: An analysis of protection gaps

The infographic highlights key numbers and findings from the report - Extending social protection for all in Nepal: An analysis of protection gaps.

Migrant workers

Comprehensive mapping and assessment of reintegration measures in South Asian Colombo process Member States

This report has been jointly commissioned by ILO and IOM under the Governance of Labour Migration in South and Southeast Asia (GOALS) programme in collaboration with UN-Women and seeks to map out and assess the nature and gaps in the reintegration support provided to returnee migrant workers from five South Asian Colombo Process member States: Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

Youth employment

Technology in public employment services to promote youth employment in Asia and the Pacific

This report provides insights into how public employment services in Asia-Pacific are digitally transforming and how they are using technology to support youth in the labour market.

Youth employment

Nepal - Technology in public employment services to promote youth employment

This country profile on technology in public employment services (PES) for youth is part of the ILO (2023) report on Technology in public employment services to promote youth employment in Asia and the Pacific. The report provides insights into how PES in Asia-Pacific are digitally transforming and how they are using technology to support youth in the labour market.

Social security

ILO Regional Actuarial Services Unit Annual Report 2022: Report on activities from 1 January to 31 December 2022

Annual report of the ILO Regional Actuarial Services Unit (RASU). The Unit provides actuarial and investment technical support for social security institutions in the region. This work includes actuarial valuations, policy analysis, training, actuarial capacity building and investment technical support.

Summary of lessons Learned, Work in Freedom Programme

This document summarises the lessons learned (Parts 1, 2 & 3) by the Work in Freedom Programme, a ten-year bi-regional programme (2013-2023) that aimed to reduce vulnerability to human trafficking and forced labour among women workers in occupations such as domestic work and garment manufacturing.

Executive summary

Extending social protection for all in Nepal: An analysis of protection gaps (Executive summary)

The report assesses existing protection gaps based on the analysis of social protection programmes in implementation in Nepal. Key aspects covered include: analysis of coverage (effective and legal); the adequacy of benefit levels; and, public investment and expenditure.

Social protection

Extending social protection for all in Nepal: An analysis of protection gaps

The report assesses existing protection gaps based on the analysis of social protection programmes in implementation in Nepal. Key aspects covered include: analysis of coverage (effective and legal); the adequacy of benefit levels; and public investment and expenditure.

Advancing Safety & Health at Work - Japan contribution

This fact sheet highlights key results achieved in the field of safety and health at work through seven projects funded by the Government of Japan in 2021-2022.

Entrepreneurship

Building inclusive entrepreneurship ecosystems in Nepal: An analysis of Kathmandu and Pokhara

The report presented here utilizes the International Labour Organization's (ILO) Inclusive Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Approach to analyze Nepal's entrepreneurship ecosystems. This analysis specifically focuses on young entrepreneurs in Kathmandu and Pokhara, exploring their roles and opportunities within these systems.

Social security

Extending contribution-based social security schemes for workers in the informal economy and self-employed in Nepal

The policy brief builds on the technical support provided by the ILO to the Social Security Fund (SSF) on the extension of social security to all workers and expands on proposing key aspects to be considered during the design and implementation of contribution-based social security schemes for workers in the informal economy and self-employment.

Occupational safety and health

National occupational safety and health profile for Nepal, 2022

The profile provides an overview of the existing occupational safety and health system and framework in Nepal.

Diagnostic report on the extent, circumstances, causes, factors and nature of informality in Nepal

The report aims to inform the design and implementation of laws and regulations, policies and other measures aiming to facilitate the transition to the formal economy.