News

January 2013

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   Official visit

   ILO head in Latin America: More, but also better jobs are needed

   30 January 2013

   Guy Ryder, ILO Director-General, highlighted the need to turn informal employment into decent jobs in the formal sector. He spoke during a Latin America visit that took him to Buenos Aires and Lima.

December 2008

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   Development cooperation

   Brazil becomes first donor country from the South to ILO’s Regular Budget Supplementary Account

   10 December 2008

   The Government of the Federal Republic of Brazil will contribute US$ 300,000 to the ILO’s Regular Budget Supplementary Account (RBSA), becoming the first donor country from the South to do so. Brazil's contribution will support field programmes in Latin America and the Caribbean promoting fundamental principles and rights at work.

September 2007

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   News item

   Unemployment, informality and inactivity menace young people in Latin America and the Caribbean

   04 September 2007

   ILO calls for better use of the growth, development and poverty reduction potential of 106 million youth in the region.