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Examples of poverty alleviation initiatives
 

Examples of poverty alleviation initiatives developed by member States in cooperation with the ILO and other donor organisations and, in particular, the UNDP:

Policy advice led to the adoption or implementation of poverty alleviation initiatives in a number of countries, including:

• Egypt, where complete revision of the existing labour force survey has provided reliable estimates of employment and unemployment, and a policy framework has been adopted, entitled "Job creation and poverty alleviation in Egypt: Strategy and programmes", designed to create jobs to absorb the half million new entrants arriving on the labour market every year while maintaining the quality of employment;
• Sudan, where information on poverty levels was compiled with a viw to the preparation of poverty eradication strategies;
• Peru, where employment promotion schemes were initiated on the Chilean model, particularly to assist unemployed youth in Lima and low-income heads of households, with emphasis on the organization of women workers; and
• Uzbekistan, where a social policy framework has been adopted, including the setting up of a Social Transformation Fund with support from the World Bank, designed to ensure that employment intensive growth that is both rapid and sustained.

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Policies and programmes for development

 
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