This evaluation, conducted by DevTech Systems, Inc. between 2023 - 2024, was commissioned to enhance ILAB’s understanding, among other key stakeholders, of how its portfolio is advancing Mexico’s labor standards in the automotive sector through a systems-based approach. Drawing upon the evaluation’s mixed methods approach, the evaluation examined and revealed the interactions of factors within the labor rights landscape and assessed the effectiveness of ILAB’s portfolio in leading systemic changes.

evaluation report cover page
evaluation report cover page
  • Learning Brief 1 – Investing in Mexico’s Auto Workers for Sustainable Growth: Insights, lessons learned, and emerging good practices garnered from a systems evaluation of the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of International Labor Affairs’ technical assistance activities within Mexico’s automotive sector (English | Spanish)
  • Learning Brief 2 – Shifting Mindsets: Equipping workers and worker-led organizations with the knowledge and awareness of labor laws and rights in Mexico to promote a safe and equitable workplace (English | Spanish)
  • Learning Brief 3 – Fueling Innovation: Insights, lessons learned, and emerging good practices on how government actors and donors are addressing labor law violations in Mexico (English | Spanish)
  • Learning Brief 4 – Accelerating Progress: Insights, lessons learned, and emerging good practices on promoting compliance with labor laws and labor rights in Mexico (English | Spanish)
  • Learning Brief 5 – In the Driver’s Seat: Reflections on strengthening the capacity of system actors in the automotive sector in Mexico (English | Spanish)
  • Infographic – Looking Under the Hood (English | Spanish)
  • Interactive Platform: (English | Spanish)

Learn more about our work to advance labor rights through the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement: Labor Rights and the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA)

View other reports on our Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning home: Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning