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Third United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC III)

Brussels, 14-20 May 2001


	Decent Work for Poverty Reduction: An Agenda for Development in the Least Developed Countries – Issues Paper for the Thematic Session on Human Resources Development and Employment


Related ILO sites
	Background to the ILO's involvement: GB.280/TC/4 (Governing Body document)
	Poverty reduction strategies
	Work of the ILO's Employment Sector
	Poverty reduction and decent work in a globalizing world
	Poverty eradication
	Gender equality
	Jobs for Africa

ILO Deliverables for LDCIII

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Table of contents (Document is in Acrobat format)

Introduction

Human resources development and employment

Employment Generation Programme
Local Economic Development and International Trade Development for the PALOPs

Social protection

Bringing Social Protection to All: Support to Micro-Health Insurance
Social Re: Re-insurance for Community-funded Health Insurance Schemes
Minimum Income for School Attendance (MISA)

Social dialogue

Decent Work and Poverty Reduction: Social Dialogue and Employment Promotion in National Poverty Reduction Strategies

Vulnerable groups

Combating HIV/AIDS in the Workplace
Time-bound Programme for the Eradication of the Worst Forms of Child Labour

Official websites

Main UNCTAD website (public site)

Draft Programme of Action (Acrobat format)

List of all LDCs

Pre-Conference event:
Workshop – LDCs: Building Capacities for Mainstreaming Gender in Development Strategies (Cape Town, 21-23 March 2001)
The primary objective of the workshop was to highlight the links between gender, poverty reduction and development and the necessity to mainstream gender in LDCs' national policies and programmes.

Updated by AD. Approved by MAD. Last update: 8 May 2001.