Books and reports

March 2007

1. The Decent Work Agenda in Africa: 2007–2015; Report of the Director-General to the Eleventh African Regional Meeting, Addis Ababa, April 2007

   27 March 2007

August 2006

1. Realizing decent work in Asia: report of the Director-General, Fourteenth Asian Regional Meeting, Busan, Republic of Korea, August-September 2006

   01 August 2006

2. Decent work in Asia : reporting on results 2001-2005 : report of the Director-General, Fourteenth Asian Regional Meeting, Busan, Republic of Korea, August-September 2006

   01 August 2006

   Reviews the achievements in international, regional and national developments relating to fundamental rights, employment, social protection, and social dialogue.

May 2006

1. Changing patterns in the world of work. Report of the Director General. International Labour Conference, 95th Session, 2006. Report I (C)

   23 May 2006

April 2006

1. ILO activities in the Americas, 2003-2006. Report of the Director-General (Annex). Sixteenth American Regional Meeting, Brasilia, May 2000

   07 April 2006

   Summarizes the principal outcome of ILO work in the region. Includes listings of technical cooperation projects and of books, reports, CD-ROMs, videos, and CINTERFOR publications issued. The report, prepared for the ILO’s 16th American Regional Meeting in Brasilia, 2006, looks at the progress and outcomes of the ILO’s programmes in the region to date.

May 2004

1. 

   A fair globalization. The role of the ILO. Report of the Director-General on the World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalization (Report 92).

   21 May 2004

   Explores how the ILO can develop a central recommendation of the World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalization to make decent work a global goal. Discusses six broad policy themes: national policies to address globalization; decent work in global production systems; growth, investment and employment and the case for dialogue and global policy coherence; constructing a socio-economic floor; the global economy and the cross-border movement of people; and strengthening the international labour standards system. Examines the role of the ILO in mobilizing action for change.

June 2003

1. The situation of workers of the occupied Arab territories. Report 91 Annex

   03 June 2003

2. 

   Working out of Poverty: Director-General's report

   01 June 2003

   Focuses on the working poor and the poor who are excluded from work. Shows the "decent work dividends" that accrue to families and societies as a whole through a concerted effort to attack poverty.

January 2003

1. Decent work for Africa’s development

   01 January 2003

   Addresses the importance of promoting more and better jobs as a key part of Africa’s development strategy. Examines trends in growth, employment and poverty during the 1980s and 1990s, reviews changes in international approaches to development and outlines the ILO contribution to new thinking on development policy. Highlights the role of social dialogue and outlines an approach to a decent work strategy for development.

2. ILO activities in Africa, 2000-2003. Report of the Director-General. Tenth African Regional Meeting Addis Ababa, December 2003.

   01 January 2003

   Describes (1) some of the development frameworks adopted by the international community and the African region in response to the social and economic challenges facing the continent, and (2) how the ILO has responded to the emerging development challenges and priorities in Africa through the implementation of relevant activities within the framework of Decent Work Agenda.