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New study sheds light on plight of working street-based children in Lebanon

Study is the first of its kind to comprehensively profile the size and magnitude of street-based child labour in Lebanon

Informal Economy

Remarks by the Hon Derrick Kellier, Minister of Labour and Social Security, Jamaica

at the MLSS/ILO 'Formalization of the Informal Economy Project' Workshop, Montego Bay, St. James on Monday, January 26, 2015

World Employment and Social Outlook – Trends 2015

Unemployment on the rise over next five years as inequality persists

ILO report says sluggish jobs recovery and social instability are the result of greater inequality.

Decent Work for Domestic Workers

ILO gathers regional and international stakeholders to explore establishing migrant domestic worker cooperatives in the Middle East

Domestic worker cooperatives have been set up in many places around the world, but they do not exist in any of the Arab States. A recent study launched by the ILO looks into the cases of Lebanon, Jordan and Kuwait, to see if the region is ready for...

Global wage growth stagnates, lags behind pre-crisis rates

Wage growth around the world slowed in 2013 to 2.0 per cent, compared to 2.2 per cent in 2012, and has yet to catch up to the pre-crisis rates of about 3.0 per cent, according to the ILO’s Global Wage Report 2014-2015

ILO Director thanks youth from Glenview Complex

On Friday, 14 November 2014, the ILO Director, a.i, Ms Hopolang Phororo and the Skills project team visited the Glenview Complex to express their appreciation to the beneficiaries, District Implementing Committee, Provincial Implementing Committee,...

Danish Minister of Trade and Development Cooperation tours Skills for Youth Employment project in Harare

The Danish Minister of Trade and Development Cooperation, Honourable Mogen Jensen toured an ILO “Skills for Youth Employment and Rural Development” project at the Glenview Complex under Highfield District in Harare Province.

Skills are not in the hearing but in the hands

….says a nineteen year hearing impaired young man, as he recounted his story to the Danish Minister of Trade and International Cooperation, Morgen Jensen and the members of the Danida Grants Committee when they toured the Glenview Complex in Harare.

Welcoming Remarks by ILO Harare Director a.i on the visit of the Danish Minister of Trade and Development Cooperation and the Danida...

Welcoming Remarks by ILO Harare Director a.i on the visit of the Danish Minister of Trade and Development Cooperation and the Danida Grants Committee to Highglen Complex

International agencies' meeting

Guy Ryder: Better jobs and higher wages can reverse slow-growth trap

ILO Director-General warns of “slow-growth trap” for global economy and urges leaders to reverse the trend through a renewed focus on higher wages and better jobs.

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

Guy Ryder: Formalization of the informal economy a priority for the Americas

ILO Director-General tells American Regional Meeting that 47 per cent informality rate is still steep.

18th American Regional Meeting

ILO Director-General calls for the Americas to work towards social justice

Guy Ryder warns the informal economy poses a formidable challenge to moving towards fair and sustainable development in the Americas and says it is not about the quantity, but the quality of jobs, at the opening of the 18th American Regional Meeting...

Formalizing employment in Brazil

A “simple” path to formal employment

In Brazil, formal employment has risen by almost 14 per cent in a decade…SUPERSIMPLES is part of the reason. The forthcoming American Regional Meeting of the ILO will consider employment and social protection policies as boosters of productivity and...

South-South and triangular cooperation: Urban development

Urban/Rural Policies for the Creation of Decent Jobs

UCLG and the City of Chefchaouen in Morocco held a learning exchange for Northern and Western Africa from 24 to 27 September 2014 on the issue of Local Economic Development (LED) and Decent Work in Cultural Economies of Intermediary Cities.

Informal economy

Eastern Europe: Strong Social Dialogue needed, Unions say

Informal economy: trade unions’ policy and actions

On September 17-19, Armenia’s capital Yerevan hosted a subregional meeting on informal economy. It was organized by the Pan-European Regional Council of the International Trade Union Confederation (PERC-ITUC) and the ILO to develop recommendations...

Informal economy

ILO Director-General: Labour inspections key to fighting undeclared work

Guy Ryder urges EU member states to ramp up steps to support formalization of the informal economy, spotlighting specific action for tackling undeclared work.

International Youth Day 2014

Ryder: "The mental health of young people matters to us all"

New Report

ILO: Social protection helps people living with HIV keep their jobs

New ILO study shows that social protection plays a key role in helping people living with HIV to keep their jobs and follow treatment.