Existing ILO country analysis tools and approaches

Turin, October 2012

• Not exhaustive• Main focus on series of country studies

covering all four DW pillars• A review, not an assessment.• Looked at 13 series, of which 8 covers all four

DW areas.

Aspects reviewed

• Purpose and intended users• Thematic coverage, focus and delimitations• Methodology, structure and content• Ownership• Country coverage• Size, frequency & dissemination

Countries covered by various country level analysis

Country covered by

Number of countries Country list

7 Times 1 Indonesia4 Times 1 South Africa3 Times 6 Argentina, Brazil, Cambodia, Germany, Tanzania, Vietnam, 2 Times 6 Austria, El Salvador, Mongolia, Nepal, Spain, Zambia1 Times 32 Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Canada,

China, France, Greece, India, Italy, Jordan, Korea, Malawi, Mali, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Slovenia, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Zanzibar

0 Times 139

Countries covered by various country level analysis

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A rich diversity in coverage

Global Jobs Pact Scans

DWC profiles Growth with equity

Labour and social trends

CEB toolkit G20 briefs

Coverage Covers all 4 pillars of decent work ? Yes Yes No, mainly

emp. & SPYes Yes No

Gender disaggregated and mainstreamed? Yes as a rule Yes Limited extent Yes, as a rule Yes NoIntegrated approach to decent work? Highlights inter-relationships?

Partly Limited to ILS Partly (emp-SP

Varies No No

Analysis of country context? Limited Limited Yes Yes No BriefIdentifies key DW issues/challenges? Yes Only indirectly Yes Yes No Yes Explicit policy conclusions / recommendations?

Yes No Yes Yes Self-assessments

No

Size Average lengths in pages? 60-85 60-75 100-170 50 + 292 questions 4-6 pages

… and in methodologies used

Global Jobs Pact Scans

DWC profiles Growth with equity

Labour and social trends

CEB toolkit G20 briefs

Methodology Adhere to standardised structure? Yes Yes Partly Partly Yes YesIs the content standardised – large country specific variations in content & emphasis?

Standardised

Standardised Country specific

Partly standardised

Yes Partly

Make use of DW Indicators? No Yes No No No NoFully referenced Some Generally yes Partly Yes No PartlyOwnership Who commissions the studies? ILO ILO &

constituents ILO &

constituentsUN agencies, Govts.

ILO for G20

Formally approved/validated, by whom ILO Yes, by constituents

Internal peer review

ILO & constituents

No

Involvement of national constituents in design, implementation and formulation of conclusions of the studies

Varies, mostly limited

Partly Limited extent Often considerable involvement

Self-assessment

Limited