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July 2012

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   Video interview

   Migrant workers: Hidden victims of the economic crisis

   19 July 2012

   Migrant workers are the hidden victims of the economic crisis, especially in the Eurozone. Thousands have lost jobs in construction and other sectors that were heavily dependent on them in boom times. Now unable to send enough money back home,growing numbers rely on the informal economy to get by, according to Steven Tobin, Senior Economist at the International Institute for Labour Studies.

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   Video News Release

   The Job Crisis in the Eurozone

   11 July 2012

   Austerity policies designed to cut debt in the Eurozone are resulting in a steady rise in unemployment, prolonging and deepening the crisis in the single currency area, according to a report from the ILO, "Eurozone job crisis: trends and policies responses". Unemployment in the Eurozone could reach almost 22 million over the next four years, unless appropriate measures are taken to boost growth and promote job creation.

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   Video interview

   Employment far from recovery in the Eurozone, warns the ILO

   10 July 2012

   An ILO report warns that millions of jobs could be lost in the Eurozone. Unemployment in the single-currency area could reach almost 22 million over the next four years, according to the "Eurozone jobs crisis: trends and policy responses". ILO TV interviewed Vincenzo Spiezia, Senior Economist at ILO's International Institute for Labour Studies, which authored the report.

May 2012

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   Video News Release

   Jobs recovery threatened by fiscal austerity

   01 May 2012

   The world needs to create 50 million jobs to return to pre-crisis employment levels, according to the ILO's World of Work 2012 report, but fiscal austerity and tough labour market reforms threaten the scenario for a true jobs recovery.

April 2012

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   Video message

   World of Work Report 2012: video highlights of the press conference

   27 April 2012

   In a press conference held at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Raymond Torres, Director of the ILO's International Institute for Labour Studies and lead author of the World of Work Report 2012, presented key findings of the Report, which projects a grim picture for global employment.

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   Video interview

   World of Work Report 2012: Interview with the authors of the report

   27 April 2012

   ILO TV interviews Marva Corley and Steven Tobin, Senior Economists at the International Institute for Labour Studies on the effect austerity measures and reduced public investment had on a deteriorated job market. In contrast, some countries implemented policies to successfully generate jobs and improve the quality of employment.

November 2011

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   Video

   Leading woman academic Jayati Ghosh receives ILO Decent Work Research Prize (Video)

   11 November 2011

   At a ceremony held at the International Labour Office in Geneva, Professor Jayati Ghosh received the ILO Decent Work Research Prize. Addressing the audience Professor Ghosh called for an urgent shift in economic policy to reduce inequality and address the needs and aspirations of working people.

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   Leading woman academic Eve C. Landau receives ILO Decent Work Research Prize (Video)

   11 November 2011

   At a ceremony held at the International Labour Office in Geneva, Professor Eve C. Landau received the ILO Decent Work Research Prize. Professor Landau discussed the important role of the ILO to further expand the scope of Decent Work through the adoption and ratification of international labour standards.

October 2011

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   Video interview

   Risk of social unrest increases as deeper jobs recession looms

   31 October 2011

   Raymond Torres, Director of the ILO International Institute for Labour Studies, discusses the likelihood of a deeper global jobs recession in a grim analysis outlined in the World of Work report, issued by the ILO on the eve of the G20 leaders summit. The report projects that the global economy is on the verge of a new jobs recession that will further delay the global economic recovery and may ignite more social unrest in scores of countries.