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Integrated approaches for formalization in Asia and the Pacific

This report highlights why the multi-faceted dimensions of informality demand an integrated approach to formalization, outlines the nature of an integrated approach to employment formalization, reviews the extent that countries in Asia and the Pacific are applying integrated approaches to formalization, and provides examples and an action-oriented outline for advancing integrated approaches to formalization in the region.

Promoting youth employment in Songkhla and Yala, Thailand

ILO Working paper 110

Measuring labour market transitions of youths in Thailand: Evidence from rotation groups (2012–21) in the Labour Force Surveys (mobi)

This study analysed data covering a full decade of Thai economic activity. It is critical to recognize just how much has changed in the country over the intervening decade. Demographic change has resulted in overall population decline as well as a reduction in the number of people entering the labour force.

Key achievements and highlights of the Young Futuremakers Thailand - Promoting Youth Employability project.

With the support of the Standard Chartered Foundation, the ILO delivered the “Young Futuremakers Thailand - Promoting Youth Employability” project from February 2021 - April 2022. The project supported disadvantaged youth, through the provision of technical skills and employability training, and employment services. The project's geographical focus was Bangkok and the provinces of Rayong, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya and Nakhon Ratchasima.

Key achievements and highlights of the Young Futuremakers Thailand - Promoting Youth Employability project.

This study analyses the design, operation and achievements of the health insurance schemes of the Cambodian National Social Security Fund (NSSF), and proposes options and ideas for improvement of the healthcare system

ILO Working paper 110

Measuring labour market transitions of youths in Thailand: Evidence from rotation groups (2012–21) in the Labour Force Surveys

This study analysed data covering a full decade of Thai economic activity. It is critical to recognize just how much has changed in the country over the intervening decade. Demographic change has resulted in overall population decline as well as a reduction in the number of people entering the labour force.

ILO Working paper 110

Measuring labour market transitions of youths in Thailand: Evidence from rotation groups (2012–21) in the Labour Force Surveys (epub)

This study analysed data covering a full decade of Thai economic activity. It is critical to recognize just how much has changed in the country over the intervening decade. Demographic change has resulted in overall population decline as well as a reduction in the number of people entering the labour force.

Project brief

Ensuring Decent Work and Reducing Vulnerabilities for Women and Children in the Context of Labour Migration in Southeast Asia

Tripartism and social dialogue

Decent work and responsible business practices in Thailand’s automotive manufacturing sector

This research study provides an in-depth analysis of Thailand's automotive manufacturing supply chain and its status vis-à-vis decent work and responsible business conduct, particularly in the evolving context of global requirements for human rights due diligence. Moreover, the study covers the identification and assessment of key forces and trends impacting the sector, while scrutinizing existing and anticipated challenges within the industry concerning decent work and responsible conduct.

TRIANGLE in ASEAN

TRIANGLE in ASEAN Quarterly Briefing Notes

TRIANGLE in ASEAN works with labour ministries, workers' and employers' organizations, recruitment agency associations, civil society organizations in six countries in ASEAN; Cambodia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR), Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. Below Quarterly Briefing Notes give an update on our work during the previous quarter.

TRIANGLE in ASEAN

The ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour: A review of the implementation of Recommendations (3rd to 14th Forums)

This report is the sixth in a series of progress review background papers, biennially prepared by the ILO’s TRIANGLE in ASEAN programme, that track the progress of ASEAN stakeholders in implementing recommendations adopted at previous AFMLs.

TRIANGLE in ASEAN

Resumption of labour migration and regional cooperation

Thematic background paper for the 15th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour

Green Jobs Policy Readiness Assessment in Thailand

In most countries the transition to a green economy is still at an early stage and it is expected that job losses will occur due to changes caused by the transition to a green economy. However, ILO studies have concluded that these job losses will be smaller than initially expected (ILO, n.d.). The concepts of green jobs and a just transition to environmental sustainability (hereafter, a “Just Transition”) play an important role in the process of green economic policy development.

Green jobs policy readiness assessment in the Agriculture Sector in Thailand

This case study report examines the experience of green jobs and a Just Transition to environmental sustainability (hereafter, a “Just Transition”) in the Thai agricultural sector with a specific focus on the Khok Nong Na Model in Mae Chaem District, Chiang Mai Province.

ILO Working paper 91

Jobs and global supply chains in South-East Asia - epub

South-East Asia has become a key player in global supply chains (GSCs) during recent decades, and the region’s participation in GSCs has had a profound impact on labour markets. The region has become increasingly dependent on GSCs for employment despite some short periods of sharp volatility and setbacks, including in 2020, the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.

ILO Working paper 91

Jobs and global supply chains in South-East Asia - mobi

South-East Asia has become a key player in global supply chains (GSCs) during recent decades, and the region’s participation in GSCs has had a profound impact on labour markets. The region has become increasingly dependent on GSCs for employment despite some short periods of sharp volatility and setbacks, including in 2020, the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Domestic workers

Skilled to care, forced to work? Recognizing the skills profiles of migrant domestic workers in ASEAN amid forced labour and exploitation

This study presents up-to-date findings on the lived experiences of migrant domestic workers in Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. It takes a quantitative and qualitative approach to understanding the skills profiles of migrant domestic workers across the three destination countries – as set against their working conditions and particularly indicators of forced labour.

ILO Working paper 91

Jobs and global supply chains in South-East Asia

South-East Asia has become a key player in global supply chains (GSCs) during recent decades, and the region’s participation in GSCs has had a profound impact on labour markets. The region has become increasingly dependent on GSCs for employment despite some short periods of sharp volatility and setbacks, including in 2020, the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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.

Domestic workers

Policy review on social security for domestic workers in Thailand

This policy review focuses on the legal framework around domestic work and barriers, profile of domestic work in Thailand, challenges for domestic workers to access social protection and possible means to address them, and the ILO’s recommendations for immediate actions and strategic options to extend the Social Security Section 33 to domestic workers in Thailand.