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December 2010

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   Video interview

   Global Wage Report 2010/2011: An Interview with the ILO's Manuela Tomei

   15 December 2010

   With the launch of the ILO's Global Wage Report 2010/2011, ILO TV interviews Manuela Tomei, Director of the ILO Conditions of Work and Employment Programme (TRAVAIL). Based on an analysis of wages in 115 countries, the report says the financial and economic crisis cut global wage growth by half in 2008 and 2009. The increasing discrepancy between low-wage and high-wage earners has had a deleterious effect on consumption worldwide. The interview highlights how several national recovery schemes and measures have worked to buffer wage stagnation and avoid lay offs, thus hastening a sustainable economic recovery.

May 2010

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   News

   ILO Conference in Berlin, discuses ways out of the global employment crisis

   07 May 2010

   Economic and social policies to promote a job-rich recovery in different countries and their effectiveness were discussed at a conference held here by the ILO and the German Friedrich Ebert Foundation.

November 2009

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   Video

   Wage Growth Continues to Decline: An Interview with Patrick Belser

   05 November 2009

   Global growth in real wages slowed dramatically in 2008 as a result of the economic crisis and is expected to drop even further this year despite signs of a possible economic recovery. ILO TV interviews Patrick Belser, co-author of the 2009 update to the Global Wages Report.

November 2008

1. Article

   Executive summary:World of Work Report 2008

   17 November 2008

   Income inequalities have been growing significantly within countries over the past two decades or so. This new report from the International Institute for Labour Studies presents a timely assessment of this issue, based on new data and economic analysis and with full technical annexes. It looks at the extent of this phenomenon and ...