BRASILIA (ILO News) – Brazil’s recent experience shows economic growth is necessary but not enough to promote human development, says a new report issued here last week by the International Labour Organization (ILO), the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
“The emphasis on job generation can significantly contribute to more human development, especially when associated to other dimensions of decent work such as absence of child or forced labour; decent salaries; social protection; rights at work, including freedom of association and collective bargaining; and equal opportunity access to well-paid, high-quality jobs and occupations”, says the report titled “Employment, Human Development and Decent Work – Brazil’s Recent Experience”.
The report looks at the evolution of 28 indicators associated with the four pillars of the decent work agenda (employment, rights at work, social protection and social dialogue) in Brazil between 1992 and 2006. The result shows a positive evolution in almost all of them, especially formal employment, real minimum wages, eradication of child and forced labour and gender and race inequalities, even though much remains to be done in this field.
For additional information, please visit the ILO Brasilia website http://www.oitbrasil.org.br/estudo_indicadores2.php
Print
Email