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Women in Business

Women in Business: How employer and business membership organizations drive gender equality

In this report, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the International Organisation of Employers (IOE) examine the progress made by business organisations on gender equality and diversity within their organisations over a period of six years

Productivity

Determinants of Productivity-enhancing Structural Change and the Role of Business Environment

This report is focused on understanding how the business environment influences productivity growth. Our findings highlight the East Asia region’s achievements, driven by a business environment that prioritises market efficiency. This research underscores the power of market efficiency as a determinant in guiding regions toward productivity-enhancing structural shifts. While previous studies have approached these topics from various angles, our empirical exploration offers fresh insights, emphasizing the importance of strategic policy decisions. It highlights the need for innovative initiatives, especially in sectors grappling with stagnation, and the creation of a business environment that promotes competition and adaptability.

Productivity

Determinants of Productivity-enhancing Structural Change and the Role of Business Environment

This report seeks to understand the influence of the business environment on the determinants of productivity growth utilizing date from 1990 to 2018

Newsletter #4 - December 2023

Business resilience

Business Resilience in Retrospect: Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic

Business resilience is essential for sustainable economic prosperity and growth. A company's ability to bounce back from adversity impacts the wider economic picture, shaping growth and employment trajectories. This study delves into the experiences and lessons learned by business leaders in 2020 and early 2021, aiming to capture the essence of business strategies during the global disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Rather than broad generalisations, the focus is on understanding real-world experiences and practical adaptations.

Newsletter #3 - October 2023

Tool 6: Employee relations

Human resource management:A manual for employer and business membership organizations

Tool 1: Human resource management in an organization – Fundamentals

Human resource management:A manual for employer and business membership organizations

Tool 3: Compensation and benefits

Human resource management:A manual for employer and business membership organizations

Tool 5: Development and training

Human resource management:A manual for employer and business membership organizations

Tool 7: Separation practices

Human resource management:A manual for employer and business membership organizations

Tool 2: Staffing and recruitment

Human resource management:A manual for employer and business membership organizations

Tool 4: Performance management

Human resource management:A manual for employer and business membership organizations

ACCEL Africa 2nd Phase

Accelerating action for the elimination of child labour in supply chains in Africa (ACCEL AFRICA) - 2nd phase in brief

The ACCEL Africa Project is entering its second phase with a strong commitment to eradicating child labour in supply chains across Africa. It is continuing to target the root causes of child labour in specific countries and supply chains, particularly in agriculture, mining, and the rural economy. <br><br> The focus countries for intervention are Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, and Uganda, working in the cocoa, coffee, cotton, gold, and tea supply chains.

Digital economy

Policy issues in the digital platform economy: A guide for employers’ organizations in Southeast Asia

This report reviews some of the major legal and regulatory challenges related to platform work and examines how employer and business membership organizations (EBMOs) can shape this framework while expanding their organizations to provide more effective policy advocacy and services for the platform economy. It reviews relevant issues and makes suggestions on potential policy options for which EBMOs could advocate as well as membership strategies and institutional considerations that they could adopt in Southeast Asia.

Social protection

Social protection systems in ASEAN: A strategy guide for employers

ASEAN Member States have taken steps to expand social protection, especially after the adoption of the 2013 ASEAN Declaration on Strengthening Social Protection. The pandemic pushed ASEAN governments to reassess and often reaffirm commitments to establish social protection and expand existing schemes with renewed vigour. Employer and business membership organizations (EBMOs) have a vital role in supporting social protection programmes, especially through funding, and thus should be meaningfully involved in system design and implementation.

Business resilience

A conceptual framework for building business resilience

The report encompasses a detailed process of building the business resilience (BRI), beginning from identifying the components of business resilience, outlining the challenges of data acquisition, to the application of various methods to synthesize a composite index. It also acknowledges that the current version of the BRI signifies the capacity for resilience rather than the outcome, making this study an essential building block for future research.

Digitalización de las Organizaciones Empresariales

Technical Note: Guatemala - Satellite Monitoring - Palm Oil

This technical note is part of the collection of notable experiences in the digitisation of business enterprises and employers' organizations (EBMOs) in Latin America, identified in the research process carried out by the ILO Bureau for Employers' Activities (ACT/EMP) for the preparation of the 2022 Regional Report "Where are business organizations on the journey towards digitisation, A look at Latin America". These remarkable experiences should inspire other EBMOs in their transition to digitalisation.

Digitalization of Business Organizations

Peru and CONFIEP: Implementation of the Provee Pyme platform

This case study, prepared by the ILO Bureau for Employers' Activities (ACT/EMP), aims to assist Latin American Employer and Business Membership Organizations (EBMOs) in their journey towards digitalisation, based on information and responses provided by the EBMOs themselves, as well as interviews with business representatives who shared their experiences in their journey towards digitalisation.

Digitalization of Business Organizations

Technical Note: Nicaragua - Sofia - Virtual Assistant

This technical note is part of the collection of notable experiences in the digitisation of business enterprises and employers' organizations (EBMOs) in Latin America, identified in the research process carried out by the ILO Bureau for Employers' Activities (ACT/EMP) for the preparation of the 2022 Regional Report "Where are business organizations on the journey towards digitisation, A look at Latin America". These remarkable experiences should inspire other EBMOs in their transition to digitalisation.