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José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs concludes first Caribbean visit as ILO Regional Director
During his visit, Mr Salazar-Xirinachs attended the first meeting of the Trinidad and Tobago Bipartite Forum, organized by the ECATT and NATUC, and supported by the ILO Office for the Caribbean, under an EU-funded Project
2015 Labour Overview
ILO: 1.7 million people joined the ranks of the unemployed in 2015 in Latin America and the Caribbean
The ILO’s 2015 Labour Overview indicates that the economic slowdown has caused a rise in unemployment, particularly among women and young people, and there are signs of increased informality. The situation is worrying and poses policy challenges to...
Youth and trade unions in the Americas
The ILO has published a new handbook entitled Youth and Trade Unions in the Americas. In this interview, Carmen Benitez, Regional Specialist in Workers'Education, explains the issues surrounding the topic of youth for trade union movement in the...
New ILO Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean
On 1 June 2015, José Manuel Salazar Xirinachs of Costa Rica assumed the role of ILO Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean.
ECLAC-ILO report
Unemployment rate in Latin America and the Caribbean could rise 0.2 percentage point
The ILO and ECLAC forecast that unemployment will reach 6.2% this year, due to an unencouraging economic outlook.
27 million Latin American and Caribbean youth in the informal economy
The International Labour Organization (ILO) calls for urgent action to help youth in the region move from the informal to the formal economy.
Summit of the Americas
Ryder: 'Economic slowdown in Latin America and the Caribbean is affecting employment'
The ILO Director-General is in Panama where he is scheduled to attend the Seventh Summit of the Americas (10-11). He met leading workers’ and employers’ representatives from the region, as well as Panamanian President Juan Carlos Varela.
ILO opens Ninth Meeting of Caribbean Labour Ministers in The Bahamas
ILO is strongly committed to convening the Caribbean Ministers of Labour Meeting every two years, to listen to the constituents and to respond to their needs with practical solutions, says ILO Director-General.
Labour Overview for Latin America and the Caribbean 2014
Unemployment continued to fall in Latin America and the Caribbean but will rise from 2015
The ILO’s Latin American Labour Overview 2014 (Panorama Laboral) shows that the economic downturn has begun to impact the regional labour market.
ECLAC / ILO Report
Unemployment could fall to 6.0% in Latin America and the Caribbean despite limited job creation
ECLAC-ILO study says employment formalization has contributed to a reduction in income inequality.
18th American Regional Meeting
Latin America and the Caribbean redouble efforts against child labour
New regional initiative to tackle child labour agreed by Latin American and Caribbean countries at the 18th ILO American Regional Meeting in Lima.
ILO FORLAC Notes
Formalization in Latin America and the Caribbean
The ILO Regional Office began publishing a series of "Notes on Formalization" about the situation and the experience dealing with informal economy employment in several countries in the region.
New ECLAC-ILO report
Low Economic Growth in 2014 Could Affect Employment in Latin America and the Caribbean
The United Nations organizations also analyze the contribution of conditional cash transfer programs to poverty reduction.
Projections from ECLAC and ILO
Latin American and Caribbean unemployment rate could fall to 6.2% in 2013
Agencies state that this would be a slight decrease in relation to 2012, owing to a slowdown in the labour participation rate.
Bilateral cooperation
ILO, IDB sign agreement to promote more and better jobs in Latin America and the Caribbean
Global Employment Trends 2013: Facts and figures for Latin America & the Caribbean
Panorama Laboral 2012
Latin America, Caribbean unemployment continues falling
Steady economic growth in Latin America and the Caribbean continues reducing unemployment rates, according to an ILO report. But about half the region’s workers are trapped in informal sector jobs.
Joint publication
ECLAC and ILO Predict that Unemployment Will Fall Again to 6.4% in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2012
The two United Nations agencies indicate that there remain structural problems that have a negative effect on the labour market situation of young people.
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