Features

2012

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   Rural economies

   Cultivating the green shoots of rural areas

   18 October 2012

   The ILO looks to harnessing the potential of the world’s rural areas as city dwellers in the developing world struggle to find work.

2006

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   Article

   Regional Meeting for the Americas 2-5 May - Forced labour in Latin America: Fighting impunity

   02 May 2006

   In Latin America, 1.3 million people are victims of forced labour, representing more than 10 per cent of forced labourers worldwide. According to the report prepared for the ILO Regional Meeting for the Americas, despite this high number it is possible to drastically reduce forced labour over the next 10 years if there is a will to do so. ILO Online reports from Brazil.