Features

2012

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   Flyer - Confronting Finance

   19 July 2012

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   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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   Sri Lanka: New hope for war victims

   18 July 2012

   Decades of civil war have left deep scars in Sri Lanka. An ILO training project brings new hope to some of those whose lives and hopes were shattered by the violence.

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   Thai migrants take recruiters to court

   17 July 2012

   Thai workers often pay large sums to get a job abroad that at times falls well short of what the recruiters’ promised. An ILO initiative has helped former migrants win financial redress.

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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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   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.

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   Microinsurance: A good tool but a tough sell

   29 June 2012

   Microinsurance can play a key role in alleviating poverty and has expanded dramatically over recent years. But as a recent ILO study explains, it takes more than a good idea to sell a product.

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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.

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   Boosting the signal: Helping migrant workers from Myanmar in Thailand

   25 June 2012

   More than 80 per cent of migrant workers in Thailand are from Myanmar. A community radio has caught their ear helping them to understand Thailand’s immigration laws and advocating for their rights at work. Allan Dow reports.

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    Bangladesh: Lighting the Way to a Greener World of Work

    22 June 2012

    Solar home systems can be an alternative source of energy in developing countries like Bangladesh, where half of the population, or about 85 million people, lack access to grid-based electricity. Solar panels bring clean energy and green jobs to rural areas, an issue that is high on the Rio+20 agenda. Allan Dow reports.