Comment and analysis

2013

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   Public and private sectors

   One labour market, one labour law?

   18 March 2013

   With outsourcing, the distinction between the public and private sectors is blurring in many areas – raising questions about whether there should be one labour law for all workers. By Miguel Ángel Malo, senior economist at the ILO’s International Institute for Labour Studies.

2012

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   World of Work

   The challenges beyond the crisis

   25 November 2012

   There are strong forces besides the global economic crisis affecting labour markets worldwide. Understanding and shaping policies to respond to them will determine the present and future of the world of work. By José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs*

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   Article

   Is temp a trap?

   14 August 2012

   ILO News looks at young people trapped in temporary jobs with few prospects of moving to full-time employment. Ekkehard Ernst, Chief of the ILO’s Employment Trends Unit, says governments can help improve the situation.

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   Article

   As population grows, so will need for skills

   10 July 2012

   The global “war for talent” is expected to escalate once economies recover, says the ILO ahead of World Population Day on July 11.

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   Article

   What are the challenges behind Russia’s plan to boost job creation?

   21 May 2012

   Russia recently announced an ambitious plan to create 25 million high productivity jobs by 2020. Olga Koulaeva, Employment Specialist at the ILO Moscow office, analyses Russian labour market challenges in an interview with ILO News.

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   Article

   Why have poverty rates decreased in a larger share of developing than developed countries?

   14 May 2012

   According to the ILO "World of Work Report 2012", poverty levels have gone down in the majority of developing countries over the past years, but not as much in developed economies.