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The Global Informal Workforce: Priorities for Inclusive Growth

More than 60 per cent of the world’s adult labour force, or about 2 billion workers, operate in the informal economy. Watch IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva and ILO Director-General Guy Ryder discuss ways to tackle the issue.

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Preserve Iraq’s cultural heritage, create decent work

In the first video story of our ILO in Action series, Chief Technical Adviser, Bashar Elsamarneh, explains how a joint ILO/UNESCO project in Iraq’s historic Erbil City is preserving its cultural heritage, while teaching skills and promoting decent work for local people and Syrian refugees.

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Fewer women than men will regain employment during the COVID-19 recovery

A new policy brief shows that the disproportionate job and income losses suffered by women during the pandemic will persist in the near future.

• Policy Brief: Building Forward Fairer – Women’s rights to work and at work at the core of the COVID-19 recovery

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ILO welcomes BRICS Ministers' support for human-centred recovery from COVID-19

The ILO’s Global Call to Action for a human-centred recovery from the COVID-19 crisis, adopted by the membership at the ILC in June, has been endorsed by the Labour and Employment Ministers of the five BRICS economies.

• BRICS Labour and Employment Ministers' Declaration, July 2021

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