Publications on Employment intensive investment

2023

  1. Publication

    Development Impacts of the Employment Intensive Investment Programme (EIIP)

    20 November 2023

    EIIP links investment in infrastructure with employment creation, pro-poor economic development and contributes to social welfare and improving access to education and health services for poorly connected people.

  2. Publication

    ILO/EIIP support to the Expanded Public Works Programme in South Africa

    13 November 2023

    ILO/EIIP is providing support to the Expanded Public Works Programme in key thematic areas including Policy Development and Promotion, Skills/Capacity Development, Project Management and Technical Support, Research and Innovation, and Advocacy and Partnership.

  3. Publication

    Employment-Intensive Investment Programme in South Africa

    13 November 2023

    The Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) is a short to medium term intervention of the Government of South Africa which seeks to address the triad national challenges of unemployment, poverty and inequality through employment creation in provision and delivery of public infrastructure works by application of labour-intensive methods.

  4. Publication

    An appraisal of EIIP’s longer-term development impacts

    19 October 2023

    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.

  5. Fact Sheet

    Infrastructure component of the Support to Rural Entrepreneurship, Investment and Trade (STREIT) programme in Papua New Guinea

    11 October 2023

    The infrastructure component of the STREIT programme aims to improve the condition of local transport infrastructure, such as provincial, district and local level roads, airstrips and jetties in East Sepik and Sandaun Provinces, to create climate-resilient and efficient value chain enablers for cocoa, vanilla and fisheries industries.

  6. Case flyer

    The EIIP approach, experiences and lessons learned: Contributions to the humanitarian, development, and peace nexus in Afghanistan

    11 October 2023

    This flyer illustrates how the Employment Intensive Investment Programme (EIIP) in Afghanistan, implemented since 2022 under the framework of the DWCP and the UN Joint Programme ABADEI, plays a key role in meeting both the humanitarian and development needs of the Afghan population, which continues to face unprecedented challenges.

  7. Fact sheet

    Employment-intensive afforestation activities in Irbid, Jordan

    10 October 2023

    As part of its Employment Intensive Investment Programme in Jordan - Phase VI (2022-2024), funded by the Federal Republic of Germany through the German Development Bank (KfW), the ILO is creating short term employment opportunities for refugees and host communities through the planting of trees in the Irbid governorate.

  8. Fact sheet

    Employment Intensive Investment Programme in Jordan – Phase VI

    10 October 2023

    Between 2022 and 2024 the ILO, with funding from the Federal Republic of Germany through the German Development Bank (KfW), is implementing an Employment Intensive Investment Programme in Jordan - Phase VI that aims to provide short term employment opportunities to refugees and host communities. Besides generating critical income support for families to cope with economic difficulties, the programme aims to help build Social Cohesion, Peace and Stability through green jobs and sustainable projects.

  9. News in Brief August 2023

    EIIP Afghanistan News Brief, Issue 4

    24 August 2023

    The Employment Intensive Investment Programme (EIIP) Afghanistan News Brief is to share news and information on EIIP Afghanistan project's activities.

  10. Publication

    Rapid Assessment of the Needs of Households and Workers Affected by the Earthquake in Aleppo- Syria 2023

    14 August 2023

    This report aims to better understand the needs of households and workers affected by the February 2023 earthquake which struck the Syrian city of Aleppo, parts of which were severely damaged.