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December 2011

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   Video

   Video: Coordinated Macroeconomic, Employment and Social Protection Policies in Asia and the Pacific

   04 December 2011

   A post-crisis, macroeconomic framework that supports more inclusive and balanced growth requires a renewed commitment to full employment as a core macroeconomic policy goal. Trade and investment policies can work together with tax and social protection systems to support employment, and ensure that the benefits of growth and productivity are shared more widely. Some of the ways forward are the creation of a basic social protection floor and public employment guarantee schemes targeting the unemployed and working poor.

October 2010

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   Video interview

   Vocational Training: An interview with Charles Fadel

   04 October 2010

   The ILO estimates that unemployment is up by more than 30 million worldwide since 2007. The number of unemployed youth increased by 8.5 million between 2008 and 2009, the largest year-on-year increase in at least ten years. Against this sombre economic background, technical and vocational education and training (TVET) systems worldwide are under pressure to deal with a host of employment and workplace challenges. ILO TV spoke with Mr Charles Fadel, employer representative, Cisco Systems, United States, about how TVET systems can respond to these challenges.

September 2010

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   Video interviews

   Interview with Raymond Torres, lead author of the World of Work report 2010

   24 September 2010

   ILO TV interviews Raymond Torres, Director of the International Institute for Labour Studies about the World of Work report 2010. The new report by the research arm of the International Labour Organization (ILO) says a long “labour market recession” is worsening the social outlook in many countries.