Features

2013

Green jobs in Indonesia

Creating sustainable livelihoods while saving a precious eco-system

29 May 2013

The ILO is working with local communities on the Indonesian island of Borneo on a green jobs programme that is helping to rehabilitate a partly-destroyed peat swamp forest.
Natural disaster

Back to life after the great East Japan earthquake

01 April 2013

Residents of a city devastated by the 2011 tsunami pick up the pieces, showing just how crucial jobs are in times of disaster-recovery.

2012

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Internships: Head start or labour trap?

22 August 2012

Internships can provide valuable work experience to young people. But as they become more common, so does the risk of abuse, especially during economic downturns. ILO News looks at the benefits and drawbacks of this practice.
Article

The challenge of getting a job in Cambodia

19 July 2012

Unemployment in Cambodia is very low, but that’s because the vast majority of the population works in the informal sector. The government hopes ILO-backed job centres will help increase access to decent work.
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Philippines: Boosting entrepreneurship to ease jobs crisis

16 July 2012

One third of the Philippines population live in poverty, and thousands head out every day to work abroad. The ILO is promoting entrepreneurship as an alternative to hard-to-get wage jobs and migration.
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Tourism, a powerful tool to tackle the crisis

26 June 2012

The sector is expected to create over five million jobs this year alone. However, there is a darker side to tourism that needs to be addressed.
Article

Employers make the case for hiring people with disabilities

19 June 2012

101st session of the ILC held event on ILO Business and Disability Network to highlight the business case for hiring people with disabilities
Feature

Making public-private partnerships work for better insurance coverage

10 April 2012

Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere and has seen more than its share of both natural and man-made disasters. In a country like Haiti, microfinance not only helps to create jobs and income, but becomes a relief and survival strategy after disaster. Sarah Bel, Information Officer for the ILO’s Microinsurance Innovation Facility, reports on how public-private partnerships play an important role to scale up quality and affordable insurance products for low-income workers.
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Decent work and education: A win-win combination

01 March 2012

In 2003, Argentina became one the first countries to incorporate the concept of Decent Work to its national development agenda. Since then, a number of government programmes have put into practice different aspects of the Decent Work Agenda. In 2004, Argentina and the ILO teamed up to launch the Building a Future with Decent Work project, which aims to promote and develop the dignity of work in each person. As ILO News explains, this a road that begins in the primary years at school.
Questions and Answers

Building Haiti through training and employability programmes

06 January 2012

As a reaction to the devastating earthquake that struck Haiti in January 2010, the international community has pledged multi-billion US$ support programmes. However, the country will only be able to harvest this massive support if it finds qualified professional and technical staff for implementation. ILO Online spoke with Michael Axmann, a senior ILO skills development specialist, about a new ILO proposal for a large-scale training and employment programme to strengthen employability of Haitian workers and productivity of Haitian enterprises.