All ILO Newsroom content

July 2012

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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.

May 2012

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   News

   Africa: No real growth without jobs

   10 May 2012

   Pro-employment macroeconomic policies, public works schemes, investments and promotion of youth employability are key to ensuring future generations share Africa’s growth story, the ILO says as the World Economic Forum on Africa meets.

December 2011

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   Video News Release

   Video: Working Together to Share in the Asia-Pacific Region’s Productivity and Prosperity

   04 December 2011

   There’s good news in the global economic crisis. While the rest of the world’s economies grew just 3% in 2010, economic growth in the Asia-Pacific region more than doubled that. But there’s a hidden story behind the successes of Asia’s booming economies. Joblessness, especially youth unemployment, persists throughout the region. The ILO and its constituents in government, business and workers organizations are working to change that.

October 2011

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   Video

   ILO Director General Visits "Occupy Wall Street"

   27 October 2011

   ILO Director General Juan Somavia went to Zuccotti Park in the financial district of Manhattan, to have a first-hand look and listen to the people of the Occupy Wall Street movement in New York City.

2. News

   G20 Summit at Cannes: priorities, challenges and actions

   05 October 2011

   Ambassador Jean-David Levitte outlines France’s priorities for the G20 Summit in Cannes, 3-4 November 2011.

January 2011

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   Video interview

   As Economies Recover What About Jobs in the Developing World? An Interview with Theodoor Sparreboom

   25 January 2011

   In its annual employment trends survey the ILO reports that the world's working poor grew by 40 million because of the economic crisis. At the same time several economies in the developing world have seen their unemployment rates fall below pre-crisis levels. With signs of economic recovery, ILO TV interviews ILO economist Theodoor Sparreboom on the outlook for labour markets across the developing world in 2011.

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   Video interview

   The Outlook for Jobs in Developed Economies in 2011 - An Interview with Steven Kapsos

   25 January 2011

   With global unemployment at record highs for the third straight year since the start of the economic crisis, the International Labour Office (ILO) warned in its annual employment trends survey that weak recovery in jobs is likely to continue in 2011, especially in developed economies. ILO TV interviews ILO economist Steven Kapsos to find out more.

June 2010

1. Crisis response

   Recovering from the crisis – A Chinese experience

   07 June 2010

   Join us for a panel discussion: 10 June, 14:00-15:00, Room IX, ILO Geneva

June 2006

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   Article

   95th session of the International Labour Conference, 2006
   "Papa na come": Liberia rises from the ashes, exchanges guns for jobs

   07 June 2006

   Fourteen years of civil war killed 250,000 of the 5 million Liberians, displaced most of the others, quadrupled the number of people living with HIV/AIDS and left the country with a US$3.5 billion external debt.