ILO: Rapid Integrated Labour Market Assessment in Tigray Regional State
April 2021
Samuel Hall was commissioned by the International Labour Organization (ILO) to provide a rapid integrated labour market assessment of the supply side (jobseekers and employees) and the demand side (enterprises and employers) in refugee-hosting communities in the Shire area in Tigray, Ethiopia.
Building on previous ILO work conducted in Jigjiga and Kebribeyah, the study analysed labour market opportunities and constraints for refugees and hosts in Tigray region through the prism of the Labour Market System (LMS). The analysis was conducted through the lens of decent work opportunities. This means that the study focuses on both the quantity and quality of jobs available for host communities and refugees. As such, the focus is not solely on unemployment patterns, but also and more crucially on the type of jobs occupied by host communities and refugees to measure decent work.