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	 <title>Are wages around the world converging?</title>
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	 	<![CDATA[As the world’s emerging economies change the dynamics of the global economy, Philippe Egger, Director of the ILO Bureau of Programming and Management, explores the challenges of comparing wages across countries.]]>
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	 <title>Caught at sea: fighting forced labour in the fishing industry</title>
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	 	<![CDATA[The fishing sector is an important source of employment, income and food production for many countries. But there are serious incidents of abuse in some fisheries and fishing vessels. By Beate Andrees, head of the ILO’s Special Action Programme to Combat Forced Labour.]]>
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	 <title>Why jobs and livelihoods matter </title>
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	 	<![CDATA[With the deadline for the Millennium Development Goals approaching, Aurelio Parisotto, ILO Senior Economist, explains why jobs and livelihoods should be at the centre of a post-2015 development agenda.]]>
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	 <title>Protecting children from having to work</title>
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	 	<![CDATA[Social protection measures can help reduce the incidence of child labour, says Constance Thomas, Director of the ILO’s International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC).]]>
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	 <title>Crisis shockwaves reverberate in European public sector</title>
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	 	<![CDATA[The public sector in many European countries has been hit hard by the economic crisis, leading to big cuts in spending, jobs and wages. ILO Senior Economist, Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead, analyses the impact on the public sector, of policy responses to the crisis.]]>
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	 <title>The strong case for working remotely</title>
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	 	<![CDATA[New technology has made teleworking easier and more efficient but there has been resistance to the idea from unexpected quarters.  There is, however, a strong business case for working from home. By Jon Messenger, ILO senior research officer and Laura Addati, ILO Maternity protection and work-family specialist.]]>
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	 <title>One labour market, one labour law?</title>
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	 	<![CDATA[With outsourcing, the distinction between the public and private sectors is blurring in many areas – raising questions about whether there should be one labour law for all workers. By Miguel Ángel Malo, senior economist at the ILO’s International Institute for Labour Studies.]]>
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	 <title>Environmental sustainability is not a job killer
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	 	<![CDATA[ILO Green Jobs Programme coordinator, Peter Poschen,  outlines the business and job opportunities that could emerge from a shift to a greener economy.]]>
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	 <title>Jobs, social inclusion and growth should top EU agenda</title>
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	 	<![CDATA[ILO Director-General Guy Ryder discusses the priorities of the European Union in the context of his first official visit to Ireland, which holds the rotating Presidency of the Council of the EU.]]>
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	 <title>India: Why is women’s labour force participation dropping?</title>
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	 	<![CDATA[More women in India of working age are enrolling in secondary school but that is only one reason why the number of women who are either working or looking for a job is decreasing.]]>
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	 <title>Employment in Africa: Think agriculture!</title>
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	 	<![CDATA[Why agriculture should be Africa’s top priority.]]>
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	 <title>One idea the world has not tried</title>
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	 	<![CDATA[Comment from Davos by ILO Director-General Guy Ryder, published on AlJazeera.com.]]>
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	 <title>Competitiveness and employment: Trying to square the circle</title>
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	 	<![CDATA[Cutting costs can help a country become more competitive and boost exports as a result. But, as attractive as it may seem, EU countries, which trade heavily among themselves, cannot all gain a competitive edge at the same time.]]>
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	 <title>Domestic workers deserve a better deal</title>
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	 	<![CDATA[Op-ed by Malte Luebker, ILO Senior Regional Wage Specialist, published in the South China Morning Post (Hong Kong) on 12 January 2013.]]>
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	 <title>The challenges beyond the crisis</title>
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	 	<![CDATA[There are strong forces besides the global economic crisis affecting labour markets worldwide. Understanding and shaping policies to respond to them will determine the present and future of the world of work. By José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs*]]>
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	 <title>More than 70 per cent of workers lack unemployment protection</title>
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	 	<![CDATA[The recent global economic crisis has served as a stark reminder of why unemployment insurance matters. But the reality is that fewer than half of almost 200 countries monitored by the ILO offer such protection.]]>
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	 <title>Can China get old and rich at the same time?</title>
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	 	<![CDATA[China has already done a lot to adapt labour markets and social protection systems to an ageing society. But it will have to do more to balance its economic and social needs.]]>
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	 <title>What financial cooperatives can teach the big banks</title>
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	 	<![CDATA[The success of financial cooperatives during the global financial crisis shows there is a credible alternative to the investment-owned banking system.]]>
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	 <title>Youth jobs count – but how? </title>
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	 	<![CDATA[The latest EU figures show a further increase in youth unemployment, but there has been some debate in the past over whether to express those levels in rates rather than ratios. What is the difference between the two, and which, if any, is a more precise measurement?]]>
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	 <title>The win-win potential of microinsurance for migrants</title>
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	 	<![CDATA[International migrants send home over US$ 400 billion a year, yet they and their families often lack basic social protection. That is where microinsurance can step in.]]>
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