News

January 2013

  1. News

    ILO-IMF Tripartite Consultation on Job-Rich and Incusive Growth in the Dominican Republic

    30 January 2013

    The ILO and the IMF organized a tripartite Consultation to help foster social dialogue on inclusive and job-rich growth in the Dominican Republic in Santo Domingo, DR, January 30, 2013.

  2. Development

    Employment in Africa: Think agriculture!

    29 January 2013

    Why agriculture should be Africa’s top priority.

  3. Davos

    Jobs crisis is far from over, warns ILO chief

    25 January 2013

    Speaking at the World Economic Summit in Davos, ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, said that the dire jobs situation shows the crisis is far from over.

  4. Natural disaster: the ILO's response

    Rebuilding after Typhoon Bopha

    25 January 2013

    When Typhoon Bopha blew through the southern Philippines, its winds blew away the livelihoods of thousands of families who farmed the thick coconut groves around their homes. While it will take nearly a decade before the trees can be harvested again, the ILO is bringing immediate emergency employment to the victims of the storm.

  5. The jobs crisis and beyond

    One idea the world has not tried

    24 January 2013

    Comment from Davos by ILO Director-General Guy Ryder, published on AlJazeera.com.

  6. CNBC World Wide Exchange

    Impact of current unemployment in Europe "catastrophic" warns ILO Chief

    24 January 2013

    The situation of the labour market is getting worse and, according to ILO estimates, 5 million more people will be unemployed in 2013, says ILO Director-General Guy Ryder. In a live interview with CNBC from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Ryder expressed grave concern over the labour situation, particularly when it comes to young workers. He said the notion of a lost generation is not a cliché, but unfortunately a reality.

  7. Global Employment Trends 2013

    Rise of middle-class jobs in the developing world could spur growth

    23 January 2013

    390 million additional “middle class” workers projected by 2017, but 1.5 billion workers remain either poor or near poor.

  8. Global Employment Trends 2013 Report

    Emerging middle classes fuel new global growth engines

    22 January 2013

    Global economic growth slowed sharply in 2012 and its impact on jobs and labour productivity is being felt in every region. Unemployment has gone up the most in the developed economies, such as the European Union. However a strong middle class now emerging in East Asia and elsewhere in the developing world could become a new global growth engine, says ILO Labour Economist, Steven Kapsos.

  9. Global Employment Trends 2013 Report

    New skills for new jobs

    22 January 2013

    With high unemployment workers are increasingly finding themselves looking for work in new occupations where they lack the skills employers are looking for. This skills mismatch means unemployed people are taking longer to find a new job, and this is driving up long-term unemployment rates, says ILO Labour Economist Theo Sparreboom, especially for young people.

  10. Global Employment Trends 2013 Report

    Wanted: Productive jobs for the developing world

    22 January 2013

    In the developing world an important route to economic growth is through increased opportunities for workers to move from lower to higher productive jobs, for example from subsistence farming to work in industry and service sectors. This process, called "structural change", has slowed down in recent years as job creation in productive sectors has stalled, says ILO Labour Economist Christian Viegelahn.