Articles

Making markets work for jobs: The way out of the crisis

01 December 2011

The “World of Work Report 2011” calls for maintaining and in some cases strengthening pro-employment programmes, warning that efforts to reduce public debt and deficits have often disproportionately focused on labour market and social measures.

Pakistan’s devastating floods: Rebuilding lives and livelihoods

01 December 2010

Sher Hassan watched helplessly through the driving rain as flood water approached his house. Horrified and panicking, and with little time to spare, the 24-year-old managed to take his elderly mother, five sisters and one younger brother to higher ground. Within an hour his home in the village of Masma was submerged under two metres of water.
Planning for recovery: How to rebalance global growth and demand

01 December 2010

As stimulus measures wind down, many governments are opting for austerity. According to the ILO’s World of Work Report 2010, neither approach addresses the underlying drivers of global economic instability. Gary Humphreys reports.