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Zarrin Maani
Global Employment Trends 2012
The world faces the urgent challenge of creating 600 million productive jobs over the next decade, warns ILO in its annual Global Employment Trends report.
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World Economic Forum
ILO Director-General called for a new policy paradigm to promote inclusive job-rich growth for the almost 75 million unemployed youth aged 15-24 worldwide.
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World Bank/Dana Smillie
Article
Stories from Yemen and Lebanon where the ILO assists in preparing a better future for workers in the region.
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UN Photo/Sophia Paris
Questions and answers
Two years after the earthquake, Haiti still presents a huge challenge to the international community: Interview with an ILO skills development specialist about how to strengthen employability of Haitian workers and productivity of Haitian enterprises.
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Key resources

  1. Multilateral cooperation

    ILO and G20

    The ILO, in collaboration with the OECD, have produced a series of documents on labour market developments in G20 countries and on a range of policy measures taken in response to the crisis.

  2. Monitoring the crisis

    Global Job Crisis Observatory

    Analytical and statistical information on the impact of the crisis on the world of work, and on policy responses to the job crisis.

  3. Database

    Short Term Indicators of the Labour Market

    Each month the ILO publishes the latest national data for indicators which have been selected for their ability to reflect recent and short term changes.

  4. Information and support service

    ILO Helpdesk for Business on International Labour Standards

    New one-stop shop for company managers and workers on how to better align business operations with international labour standards and build good industrial relations.

Stories from the field

  1. From Timor-Leste
    Young beautician is a cut above the rest

  2. From India
    Migrants returning home

  3. From Jordan
    HIV and AIDS in the workplace

  4. From Viet Nam
    Consumer power makes an impact

Policy initiatives

  1. Social Protection Floor: Access to essential social services and income security for all

    A global social policy approach promoting integrated strategies for providing access to essential social services and income security for all.

  2. The ILO Global Jobs Pact: A policy framework to accelerate a job rich recovery

    Adopted by ILO constituents in June 2009, the Global Jobs Pact provides a set of policy measures centred on investments, employment and social protection.

  3. ILO Declaration on Social Justice for a Fair Globalization

    Adopted in 2008 by the representatives of governments, employers and workers from all ILO member States, the Declaration expresses the contemporary vision of the ILO’s mandate in the era of globalization.

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