“The first Key Indicators of the Labour Market (KILM) was released ten years ago. It has since become a flagship product of the International Labour Office (ILO) and is used on a daily basis by researchers and policy-makers throughout the world. At the national level, statistical information is generally gathered and analysed by statistical services and ministries. At the global level, the ILO plays a vital role in assembling and disseminating labour market information and analysis to the world community. In this tradition, the KILM programme has clearly met the primary objectives set for it in 1999, namely: (1) to present a core set of labour market indicators; and (2) to improve the availability of the indicators to monitor new employment trends. But that is not all that the KILM has to offer. It has evolved into a primary research tool that provides not only the means for analysis, i.e. the data, but also guidance on interpretation of indicators and data trends.”