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October 2012

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   International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

   Guy Ryder: New direction needed if poverty is to be beaten

   17 October 2012

   Decent Work and full employment must be key goals in the fight against poverty, says ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder.

July 2012

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   News

   Cooperatives: Resilient to crises, key to sustainable growth

   06 July 2012

   In a message marking International Day of Cooperatives, ILO Director-General Juan Somavia salutes the approximately one billion people worldwide who are involved in cooperatives.

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   Article

   Turning waste fruit into a profitable business

   05 July 2012

   Cooperatives have played an important role in Indonesia by helping to boost growth, reduce poverty and promote social cohesion. As the world celebrates the UN International Day of Cooperatives, Gita Lingga reports on a successful project involving rural women in the Maluku islands.

June 2012

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   Article

   A green plumber for a greener economy

   21 June 2012

   The transition towards a greener economy is expected to affect about half of the global labour force or roughly 1.5 billion people. This means changes in terms of job types and workers’ skills – a topic that is high on the Rio+20 agenda.

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   Article

   Green and fair: Cooperatives in Ethiopia

   19 June 2012

   By their very nature, cooperatives can balance economic, environmental, and social needs. The ILO will be showcasing some of its successful experiences in this field at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20). One of them involves more than 200,000 coffee producers and almost 200 cooperatives in Ethiopia.

December 2011

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   Video

   Video: Building a Sustainable Future with Decent Work in Asia and the Pacific

   04 December 2011

   Economically, the Asia-Pacific region has performed impressively in recent years. But the austerity measures in Europe and contracting consumer markets in the United States – Asia’s two largest export markets - are threatening the region’s continued growth. Growing unrest among the region’s massive, under-employed youth population and persisting unfair distribution of economic gains are challenges that must also be addressed. The ILO and its constituents in government, employer and worker organizations are trying to find a common approach that benefits all.

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   Video

   Video: Productive Employment, Sustainable Enterprises and Skills Development in Asia and the Pacific

   04 December 2011

   Even before the current series of economic and jobs crises the quality of jobs being generated was a cause for concern. Unless this issue is addressed it will not be possible to rebalance growth in the region effectively. Non-standard and informal employment, offering low pay and poor working conditions, have grown steadily and are contributing to growing inequalities in incomes. Closer attention is needed to reducing poverty, creating productive employment and social and economic mobility, with particular attention given to the needs of young people. The formal economy can be expanded in low and middle income economies in the region, and an enabling environment with support for sustainable enterprises is possible. Increasing investment in human resources and improving working conditions with and through engagement of the social partners can play an important role in this process.

June 2011

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   Video

   Egyptian Finance Minister Samir Radwan at the International Labour Conference: Fiscal Discipline and Social Justice in a New Egypt

   13 June 2011

   In his opening remarks to the High Level Panel on 'Employment and Social Justice in a Globalizing Economy', Egyptian Finance Minister Samir Radwan expressed his hopes for post-revolutionary Egypt. He called for responsive economic policies to promote decent work, sustainable development, social protection, and small and medium-sized entreprises.

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   News

   High-level panels to examine global jobs crisis, balanced growth and decent work

   07 June 2011

December 2009

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   Video

   With the Global Jobs Pact, South African Trade Unions Place Emphasis on Re-training of Workers

   01 December 2009

   "We have taken the Global Jobs Pact into our South African framework response to the economic crisis and we have been working on issues to address the distressed sectors, putting an emphasis on re-training and re-skilling of workers," said Bheki Ntshalintshali, Deputy General Secretary of the Congress of South African Trade Unions, in an interview with ILO TV.