8 Inclusive Economies

Evaluation of the IDLO Investment Support Programme for Least Developed Countries (ISP/LDCs)

January 21, 2025September 30, 2024

Investment Support Programme for Least Developed Countries (ISP/LDC) provides technical and legal assistance, as well as complementary capacity building to LDC governments and private sector entities on investment-related matters, including negotiations and dispute settlement. Assistance under ISP/LDCs is provided at no cost to the beneficiaries, by harnessing the expertise of lawyers and experts working on …

West Africa: regional trade and integration in global value chains

January 13, 2025June 20, 2024

West Africa faces significant trade challenges, including aging infrastructure, inefficient customs processes, and high logistics costs that hinder regional and international trade. The high transport delays and costs, as well as non-tariff barriers, limit their competitiveness in global markets. Against this backdrop, UNCTAD has conducted a technical cooperation project and assigned to ECOPER its final …

Evaluation of a new literacy institution in Morocco

January 4, 2025March 30, 2024

UNESCO has commissioned the evaluation of the EU funded project to set up the Institute for Training in Literacy Professions (IFMA) to ECOPER. IFMA provides training programs aimed at equipping educators and facilitators with the necessary skills to teach literacy effectively. IFMA plays a crucial role in developing educational materials and methodologies tailored to local …

Evaluation of the Asia Regional Child (ARC) Labour Project

December 2, 2024October 13, 2023

ILO published the midterm evaluation of the Asia Regional Child (ARC) Labour Project conducted by ECOPER. The ARC project focuses on six countries in the Asia-Pacific region: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Pakistan, which all have a high prevalence of child labour. ILO ARC aims to eradicate, in alignment with the Sustainable Development Goal …

Eradicating child Labour in South Asia

November 8, 2023July 26, 2022

Over sixteen million children between ages 5 and 17 are engaged in labour in South Asia, according to estimates from recent years, with the highest levels in absolute terms found in India, followed by Bangladesh, Pakistan and Nepal. The ILO’s Asia Regional Child Labour Project (ARC) was implemented in 2019 with the aim of reducing …

Evaluability assesment of the Asia Regional Child (ARC) Project in the context of its mid-term evaluation

December 2, 2024May 20, 2022

ILO published ECOPER’s evaluability assessment of the Asia Regional Child (ARC) Project in the context of its mid-term evaluation. The goal of the “Asian Regional Child Labour (ARC) Project Evaluability Review” is to assess the project’s design and implementation to ensure it is on track to achieve its objectives of reducing child labor and enhancing …

Online training in trade and gender

July 27, 2022May 19, 2022

UNCTAD has published ECOPER’s report on a cluster of trade and gender capacity building projects In trade, women often do not benefit from the same opportunities as men, and trade policies designed without taking into account gender-specific outcomes can contribute to the widening of gender gaps. In order for gender equality to be achieved, policymakers, …

ECOPER conducts evaluation research at UN Palace of Nations

July 21, 2022March 30, 2022

ECOPER consultant Aitor Pérez has travelled to the UN Palace of Nations in Geneva as part of the evaluation of UNCTAD’s Subprogramme 1. During the week-long visit, Aitor interviewed several UNCTAD officials, including the Secretary General, Rebeca Grynspan, and the directors of a number of UNCTAD divisions. In addition, he had the opportunity to interview …

Social protection to reduce child labour

March 9, 2022

In the mica regions of Madagascar, an estimated 10,800 children as young as five years old work alongside their families to sort and extract mica, which results in poor education and health for children in these regions and perpetuates poverty across generations. ECOPER has been commissioned by UNICEF to elaborate an advocacy paper on ‘Investing …

Think Piece on The ILO contribution to SDG 8 in the time of COVID-19

December 2, 2024December 14, 2021

A Think Piece on the ILO contribution to SDG 8 in the time of COVID-19 by ECOPER was published by the former organization. The COVID-19 pandemic presents a multitude of challenges for achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 8 on inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all. In this …

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