World Employment and Social Outlook - Trends

ILO to publish World Employment and Social Outlook - Trends

ILO is to launch its report, World Employment and Social Outlook - Trends 2016, (WESO) on Tuesday, 19 January.

Media advisory | Geneva, Switzerland | 14 January 2016
BANGKOK (ILO news) – The International Labour Organization (ILO) is to launch its report, World Employment and Social Outlook - Trends 2016, (WESO) on Tuesday, 19 January.

This year’s edition of WESO includes a forecast of global unemployment levels in developed, emerging and developing economies, with detailed charts and numbers. The projections take into account the slowdown in the global economy and other structural factors that shape employment patterns.

The report also focusses on the share of vulnerable employment as well as on the scale of the informal economy.

It provides policy guidance to boost decent work opportunities around the globe.

Embargoed electronic copies of the report, and associated media material will be made available to journalists upon request, starting in the afternoon of Tuesday, 19 January.
The report and all associated material and information are under strict embargo until 04.00 Bangkok time on Wednesday 20 January (21.00 GMT on Tuesday, 19 January).

For further information please contact:

Sophy Fisher
Senior Communication and Public Information Officer
ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok
Email
T: +662 288 2482

Jiraporn Wongpaithoon (Thai)
Communications Officer
Email
T: 02 288 1664