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August 2012

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   A dream made of bricks and mortar

   27 August 2012

   Construction workers are in great demand in Haiti following the devastating earthquake in 2010. Skills, on the other hand, are in short supply.

December 2011

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   From the depths of an African shantytown, a nascent youth employment movement grows

   14 December 2011

   In Africa’s second largest slum, youth unemployment is sky high. But cooperative projects are helping youth find work and slowly lift themselves out of poverty through such projects as raising food in community gardens, processing waste for bio-fuel or providing improved sanitation. Journalist Anne Holmes reports on how this emerging economic revival is making a small but significant dent in a major ongoing challenge.

September 2008

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   ILO, ECLAC and UNDP launch report on decent work and human development in Brazil

   17 September 2008

   Brazil’s recent experience shows economic growth is necessary but not enough to promote human development, says a new report issued here last week by the International Labour Organization (ILO), the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).