Magazines and journals

December 2011

1. Global Social Policy Digest 12.1 (August-December 2011)

   01 December 2011

November 2011

1. Asia-Pacific Labour Market Update, December 2011

   24 November 2011

   This newsletter provides a snapshot of economic and labour market trends for a number of Asian region economies, based on official data available as of 21 November 2011, with special coverage on youth employment in the Pacific Island States, trends in wages and productivity growth, gender disparities in the labour market, green jobs, ageing societies and the social protection floor.

2. 

   IJLR - Towards a Sustainable Economic Recovery: The case for wage-led policies

   22 November 2011

   This issue of the International Journal of Labour Research addresses a central issue, if not the key issue for the labour movement, that of wages and what has happened to them over the past three decades.

3. 

   Decent Work 2.0: By Frank Hoffer

   14 November 2011

   Last month, Juan Somavia, the long serving Director-General of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) announced his departure in 2012. As head of the ILO, he introduced the Decent Work Agenda in 1999 to re-focus the ILO and make it relevant for the 21st century. Twelve years later, the concept of ‘Decent Work’ is firmly established in the global debate and as an objective of national policy.

4. South-South and Triangular Cooperation (SSTC); Desk review of 2010 UNDAFS

   09 November 2011

August 2011

1. 

   World of Work Magazine n°72, August 2011 - Fighting discrimination at work: Progress at risk

   05 August 2011

   This issue of the ILO magazine focuses on discrimination at work and also features stories from the world of work: Domestic work, Gender-based violence, social justice...

July 2011

1. Global Social Policy Digest 11.3 (July 2011)

   01 July 2011

June 2011

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   Crisis: Causes, Prospects and Alternatives

   28 June 2011

   The crisis of 2008 revealed the fault lines in the world economy for all to see. Three decades of a social experiment with radical market-oriented policies have not only failed to deliver decent standards of living to most workers around the world, but have brought us to the brink of a major world depression.

2. International Journal of Labour Research

   28 June 2011

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   ILO thematic update - HIV doesn’t stop at borders: A human rights approach to protect migrant and cross-border workers

   09 June 2011

   Migration and mobility are not factors for HIV transmission, however, the migration process itself, as well as precarious working and living conditions that migrant workers often experience while separated from their families, may expose them to associated risks. Most of them have little or no access to social protection and health services. ILO/AIDS programmes cover international as well as internal migrant and mobile workers.