Malaysia: Employment promotion

May 2009 

• ILO Issues revised global unemployment projections; Unemployment in Asia Pacific could top 100 million people
  28 May 2009 - The number of people unemployed in 2009 could increase by between 29.4 million and 58.8 million people globally, and between 9 and 26.3 million in Asia Pacific, compared to 2007. That’s according to new projections from the ILO, the United Nations agency that deals with work and workplace issues. (Press release)

February 2009 

• 18-20 February 2009
  Development policies, macroeconomic regime and employment in Malaysia - [pdf 645 KB]
  13 February 2009 - Country study on policy coherence initiative on growth,investment and employment, the case of Malaysia, for the meeting in Manila, Philippines, 18-20 February (Conference paper)

January 2009 

• ILO global employment trends report 2009 - unemployment, working poor, vulnerable employment to increase dramatically due to global employment crisis
  29 January 2009 - The global economic crisis is expected to lead to a dramatic increase in the number of people joining the ranks of the unemployed, working poor and those in vulnerable employment, the International Labour Office (ILO) says in its annual Global Employment Trends report (GET). (Press release)