All ILO Newsroom content

December 2012

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   Europe

   Competitiveness and employment: Trying to square the circle

   05 December 2012

   Cutting costs can help a country become more competitive and boost exports as a result. But, as attractive as it may seem, EU countries, which trade heavily among themselves, cannot all gain a competitive edge at the same time.

October 2012

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   Employment update

   Asia-Pacific: Quality and quantity of jobs dropping

   22 October 2012

   Slowing growth in many Asian countries has accentuated labour market challenges in a region that has the world’s largest youth population, and where precarious work is widespread.

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   Interview with The Times

   ILO Chief warns of austerity’s ‘toxic’ impact

   03 October 2012

   In an interview with The Times newspaper, the head of ILO warned that austerity measures in southern European countries risk having “quite harmful consequences”. He was more positive about the outlook in Britain.

July 2012

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   News

   Women in EU public sector face higher risk of losing jobs

   30 July 2012

   The public sector in the EU offers many highly qualified jobs and is a major source of employment for women. But increasingly, those positions are being lost to austerity policies.

June 2012

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   News

   Mexico: A labour market overview

   29 June 2012

   As Mexicans go to the polls on Sunday to choose a new president and legislature, the ILO presents a snapshot of the employment situation based on the May edition of "The Labour Situation in Latin America"*.

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   News

   Growth must lead to social inclusion, says Peru’s President

   11 June 2012

   Peru’s President Ollanta Humala told delegates at the ILC that economic growth must lead to social development, while ILO head Juan Somavia said Peru has shown both can go hand-in-hand.

May 2012

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   Article

   What are the challenges behind Russia’s plan to boost job creation?

   21 May 2012

   Russia recently announced an ambitious plan to create 25 million high productivity jobs by 2020. Olga Koulaeva, Employment Specialist at the ILO Moscow office, analyses Russian labour market challenges in an interview with ILO News.

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   Video

   How to beat a crisis: Interview with Argentinean Vice President

   18 May 2012

   In 2001 Argentina defaulted on its debt and ended the parity of its currency with the US dollar. The South American country plunged deeper into crisis, but within months economic growth set in. We asked Argentine Vice President Mr Amado Boudou if Eurozone countries can learn from Argentina how to beat the crisis.

January 2012

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   Video interview

   Facts and Figures on Global Employment - An Interview with ILO's Steven Kapsos

   24 January 2012

   One out of every three workers around the world can either be classified as unemployed or poor, according to the ILO's Global Employment Trends 2012 report. ILO TV interviews Steven Kapsos, a labour economist at the ILO, about the facts and figures describing the global and regional employment picture.

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   Video interview

   The Employment Challenge in 2012 - An Interview with ILO's Ekkehard Ernst

   24 January 2012

   ILO TV interviews Ekkehard Ernst, Chief of the ILO Employment Trends Unit, about global employment trends for 2012. He outlines three scenarios, projecting what the global employment situation could be like if economic growth estimates hold true, if they decline, and if there is an improvement.