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2012
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An in-depth interview with ILO Director-General Juan Somavia on China's CCTV
04 February 2012
China's CCTV News dedicated its show Biz Talk to an interview with the ILO Director-General, Juan Somavia. He discussed the role of the ILO in helping to promote decent work and address issues such as youth unemployment and strike action through social dialogue.
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BBC World Business Report looks at the global imbalance between rich and poor with Juan Somavia
30 January 2012
Interviewed live from Davos, the ILO's Director-General told BBC's World Business Report that he hoped Eurozone leaders would put more emphasis on jobs and consider the social implications of policies that only look at fiscal consolidation by reducing debt on the one side but increase the social debt on the other.
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CNBC Davos 2012 talks about job creation in the real economy with ILO Director-General
30 January 2012
CNBC's Ross Westgate asked ILO Director-General Juan Somavia whether industry is actually delivering the number of jobs they claim to the real economy and why the current pattern of growth does not translate into more employment.
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CNN's Quest Means Business discusses austerity and growth with ILO Director-General Somavia
30 January 2012
ILO Director-General Juan Somavia was asked whether growth and austerity are contradictory ideas and whether during an interview with CNN's Richard Quest as part of their coverage of the 2012 annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
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BBC: ILO Employment Report More Pessimistic Than Last Year
24 January 2012
BBC TV World Business Report interviews ILO Employment Specialist Kee Beom Kim in Bangkok to discuss the employment figures released in the ILO's Global Employment Trends 2012 report and explain what can be done to help boost job creation in the year to come.
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BBC: Jobs Crisis Continues Unabated
24 January 2012
BBC TV World Business Report interviews ILO Economist Steven Kapsos about "astonishing" numbers published in the ILO's Global Employment Trends 2012 report, including the need for 600 million jobs to be created over the next ten years, and the fact that over 900 million workers are living below the two dollar a day poverty line.
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BBC Reports on "Worrying Jobs Challenge"
24 January 2012
Citing global employment figures and the possibility of a "jobless generation", BBC TV World Business Report interviews Moazam Mahmood, Director of the ILO's Economic and Labour Market Analysis Department.
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Euronews Reports on Minimum Wages
16 January 2012
Euronews reports from the UK and South Africa on the role minimum wages play to help reduce income inequalities, citing ILO statistics on minimum wages in developed and developing countries across the world.
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NHK interview: ILO Director-General on decent work and the need for job-rich growth in Asia
14 January 2012
The ILO Director-General, Juan Somavia, spoke with the Japanese broadcaster NHK during the 15th ILO Asia and Pacific Regional Meeting in Kyoto in December 2011. He talked about the challenges that Asia faces, including youth employment and the need for job-rich growth with decent work opportunities.
2011
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BBC World Service reports on youth unemployment in Indonesia and across the world
16 December 2011
BBC Business Daily reports that young people are now three times more likely to be out of work than older workers. A panel of experts including José Manuel Salazar from the International Labour Organization discuss what can be done to address youth unemployment. Ian Livingston co-founder of video game publisher Eidos, and Denis Pennel from the International Confederation of Private Employment Agencies join him in the discussion.