Factsheets and briefs
2023
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Briefing note
The background to the ILO-Qatar technical cooperation programme
20 February 2023
This note sets out the steps taken under the ILO supervisory mechanism and the subsequent negotiations that lead to the opening of the Project Office in Qatar in 2018. It summarizes some of the key developments under the technical cooperation programme.
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Iraq Country Profile
Productivity growth, diversification, and structural change in the Arab States (Iraq)
19 February 2023
This country snapshot provides a historical overview of Iraq's labour productivity trends compared with other non-GCC Arab economies and the global economy.
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Briefing note
EIIP Approach, Experiences and Lessons Learned: Contributions to the Humanitarian, Development, and Peace Nexus (HDPN) in Iraq
19 February 2023
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Briefing note
ILO Response to the Earthquake in Syria: Embedding Decent Work Principles in Early Recovery Efforts
15 February 2023
The ILO is set to implement an emergency employment scheme to help restore the livelihoods of people in affected communities in Aleppo, parts of which were severely hit by the earthquake that struck Syria and Türkiye.
2022
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Publication
Qatar: Regulatory framework governing migrant workers
08 September 2022
The country briefs map the key legal provisions dealing with migrant workers in eight Arab countries, summarizing the legal rules about who pays for recruitment, whether passport confiscation is prohibited by law, minimum working conditions including wages, working hours and rest periods, how to lodge grievances, and brief details of each country’s sponsorship regime.
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Oman: Regulatory framework governing migrant workers
08 September 2022
The country briefs map the key legal provisions dealing with migrant workers in eight Arab countries, summarizing the legal rules about who pays for recruitment, whether passport confiscation is prohibited by law, minimum working conditions including wages, working hours and rest periods, how to lodge grievances, and brief details of each country’s sponsorship regime.
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Publication
Lebanon: Regulatory framework governing migrant workers
08 September 2022
The country briefs map the key legal provisions dealing with migrant workers in eight Arab countries, summarizing the legal rules about who pays for recruitment, whether passport confiscation is prohibited by law, minimum working conditions including wages, working hours and rest periods, how to lodge grievances, and brief details of each country’s sponsorship regime.
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Kuwait: Regulatory framework governing migrant workers
08 September 2022
The country briefs map the key legal provisions dealing with migrant workers in eight Arab countries, summarizing the legal rules about who pays for recruitment, whether passport confiscation is prohibited by law, minimum working conditions including wages, working hours and rest periods, how to lodge grievances, and brief details of each country’s sponsorship regime.
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Saudi Arabia: Regulatory framework governing migrant workers
08 September 2022
The country briefs map the key legal provisions dealing with migrant workers in eight Arab countries, summarizing the legal rules about who pays for recruitment, whether passport confiscation is prohibited by law, minimum working conditions including wages, working hours and rest periods, how to lodge grievances, and brief details of each country’s sponsorship regime.
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Jordan: Regulatory framework governing migrant workers
08 September 2022
The country briefs map the key legal provisions dealing with migrant workers in eight Arab countries, summarizing the legal rules about who pays for recruitment, whether passport confiscation is prohibited by law, minimum working conditions including wages, working hours and rest periods, how to lodge grievances, and brief details of each country’s sponsorship regime.
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Publication
ILO PROSPECTS in Jordan - at a glance
03 June 2022
This country factsheet provides an overview of the key interventions and results of PROSPECT programme implementation in Jordan
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Publication
Fact sheet: Main findings of the report “Productivity growth, diversification and structural change in the Arab States”
28 March 2022
2021
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Publication
Infographic - “Assessing Informality and Vulnerability among Disadvantaged Groups in Lebanon: A Survey of Lebanese, and Syrian and Palestinian Refugees”
13 August 2021
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Briefing note
Protecting wages of migrant workers in the Arab States: Discussion Note for Policymakers
15 June 2021
Even prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, migrant workers faced critical wage-related issues globally, and especially in the Arab States, yet the scale of the problem has vastly increased as the pandemic led to job losses, salary reductions and unplanned repatriations.
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Abu Dhabi Dialogue
Leveraging advanced technology to improve labour mobility governance
25 May 2021
This paper was prepared by Rebecca Napier-Moore and Anna Olsen and presented at session two of the Abu Dhabi Dialogue with the theme: Leveraging advanced technology to improve labour mobility governance on 25 May 2021.
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Publication
Promising practices for fair recruitment: Piloting fair recruitment from Bangladesh to Qatar in the construction sector
07 April 2021
This promising practice is part of a series, and results from a stocktaking exercise undertaken five years after the launch of the Fair Recruitment Initiative (FRI).
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Publication
Information Brief: Promoting balanced media reporting on migrant workers in the Arab States
22 March 2021
This information brief looks at how Arabic-language media in Jordan and Kuwait report on migrant workers, based on media monitoring research in 2019, and suggests recommendations to strengthen the inclusion of migrant workers in the media.
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Social Protection Spotlight COVID-19
Towards solid social protection floors? The role of non-contributory provision during the COVID-19 crisis and beyond
21 January 2021
The COVID-19 crisis has emphasized the importance of guaranteeing access to at least essential health care and to basic income security for all over the life cycle, as stipulated in the Social Protection Floors Recommendation, 2012 (No. 202).
2020
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Briefing note
Impact of COVID-19 on Migrants and Refugees in the Arab Region - Policy Brief
18 December 2020
Migrants and refugees are among the social groups most impacted by the COVID-19 crisis, and are suffering disproportionately from its social and economic consequences.
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Briefing note
Iraq Decent Work Country Programme Update
09 November 2020
Overview of ILO-Iraq progress towards Decent Work for all.