Books: employment policy

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• Beyond the scoreboard. Youth employment opportunities and skills development in the sports sector. - Buy now
  15 August 2006 -

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• Globalization, Flexibilization and Working Conditions in Asia and the Pacific - Buy now
  08 October 2008 - This unique study reviews employment conditions in Asia and the Pacific in the context of globalization and the increasing pressures towards flexibilization. It places a strong focus on the divergent experiences of individual workers regarding their employment conditions...

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• ILO activities in Africa, 2000-2003. Report of the Director-General. Tenth African Regional Meeting Addis Ababa, December 2003. - [pdf 783 KB] - Buy now
  01 January 2003 - Describes (1) some of the development frameworks adopted by the international community and the African region in response to the social and economic challenges facing the continent, and (2) how the ILO has responded to the emerging development challenges and priorities in Africa through the implementation of relevant activities within the framework of Decent Work Agenda.

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• Meeting the employment challenge: Argentina, Brazil and Mexico in the global economy - Buy now
  13 June 2006 -

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• Pursuing decent work goals: Priorities for research - Buy now
  04 March 2008 - The ILO's research agenda was debated in the International Institute for Labour Studies' Research Conference on "Decent Work, Social Policy and Development", which was held in late 2006. A series of plenary presentations in the conference explored facts, forces and variables affecting decent work and suggested a number of priorities for analysis and policy. ...

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• Tackling the global jobs crisis. Recovery through decent work policies - Buy now
  15 May 2009 - This report proposes the initial elements of a Global Jobs Pact based on the policy orientations provided by the Governing Body in November 2008 and March 2009 and by recent regional and sectoral tripartite ILO meetings on responses to the crisis. ...
• The International Labour Organization and the quest for social justice, 1919-2009 - Buy now
  16 March 2009 - The International Labour Organization was founded in 1919 in the belief that peace and social justice go hand in hand. This book explores key ideas that the ILO has championed and applied through the political and economic upheavals of the last 90 years. ...
• The promotion of sustainable enterprises - Buy now
  13 March 2009 - Promoting sustainable enterprises is about strengthening the institutions and governance systems which nurture enterprises. This volume provides detailed guidance on what constitutes a conducive environment for sustainable enterprises. Sustainable enterprises need sustainable societies. Business tends to thrive where societies thrive and vice versa.
• The 'e' in Employment. ICT for rural income generation and poverty alleviation in India - Buy now
  27 January 2006 - Examines the impact of information and communication technologies (ICT) on the rural poor in India.