Our work
Four thematic areas
ZILARD's work is structured around four thematic areas. Each answers three questions: what issue is being addressed, what work ZILARD has undertaken, and what visitors can read or learn from it.
Labour Market Research and Analysis
Employment dynamics, productivity, wages, and skills across Zambia's formal and informal sectors.
Explore this theme →Trade Union Support and Organising Strategies
Power-resource mapping, union capacity building, and organising precarious and informal workers.
Explore this theme →Labour Policy and Institutional Development
Technical input into labour legislation, social dialogue mechanisms, and sectoral bargaining.
Explore this theme →Youth Employment, Gender, and Informality
Youth transitions, gender gaps in employment, and strategies for formalising informal work.
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