Boosting Local Economies: The ILO approach to local economic development - Sustainable Enterprises

Boosting Local Economies: The ILO’s approach to local economic development (LED) aims to promote decent work - productive employment that delivers a fair income, provides social protection, and allows women and men to participate meaningfully in the development process. This brochure illustrate ILO recent works in LED including the Ghana LED project.

Sustainable Enterprises - creating more and better jobs. In most countries, private enterprises create the most jobs. This is especially true in developing countries, where over 90 percent of jobs are in the private sector. People who have overcome poverty identify “finding a paid job” or “starting a business” as the two most important reasons. 

Besides directly contributing to inclusive growth, job creation and poverty reduction,  enterprises also have a major responsibility to address climate change and environmental  sustainability, because their operations affect the environment. Addressing climate  change and environmental sustainability requires enterprises that can supply and use  appropriate environmental technologies. This brochure briefly outline the ILO framework for promoting sustainable entreprises.