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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.

ECLAC and ILO Predict that Unemployment will Fall Again to 6.4% in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2012

Publication reviews recent experiences of the region's countries in terms of policies and programmes to boost employment

Measuring unemployment

Youth jobs count – but how?

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...

Employment update

Asia-Pacific: Quality and quantity of jobs dropping

Slowing growth in many Asian countries has accentuated labour market challenges in a region that has the world’s largest youth population, and where precarious work is widespread.

Asia-Pacific: quality and quantity of jobs dropping

Slowing growth in many Asian countries has accentuated labour market challenges in a region that has the world’s largest youth population, and where precarious work is widespread.

School-to-work transition

The lure of apprenticeships in times of crisis

Apprenticeships have been around for centuries but they are now getting a lot of fresh attention as the world struggles to defuse the potentially explosive youth employment crisis.

Global jobs situation

ILO calls on G20 to live up to its promise to tackle the crisis

The ILO Director-General says G20 countries should stand by their commitment to take new, urgent measures in the face of deteriorating global economic conditions.

Labour demographics

Young and older workers, two sides of the same coin

Many of the countries that are suffering from huge youth unemployment levels are also experiencing population ageing. Isn’t it time to start thinking of older workers as a category that deserves specific attention?

Youth jobs data

Youth labour market still critical in G20 countries

Data presented at a G20 meeting in Geneva shows that youth unemployment rates remain alarming, ranging from about 8 per cent to over 50 per cent in 17 of the 20 member countries. The G20 Task Force on Employment agreed to promote quality...

Labour standards

Employment rights essential to economic recovery, says new ILO boss

In his first interview as Director-General of the International Labour Organization, Guy Ryder gives an overview of the major challenges facing the world of work and the ILO.

Trade Union Youth in India join hands to campaign ratification of ILO Conventions Nos.87 and 98

Promoting longer life and ensuring work ability

Address by Jose Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Director for Employment (ILO), at UNECE (United Nations Economic Commission for Europe) Ministerial Conference on Ageing - Vienna, Austria.

ILO concerned with continuing trade union rights restrictions in Korea

Presentation at the Forum on Igniting potentials: Expanding career opportunities and global labour trends

By Mr Lawrence Jeff Johnson, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the Forum on Igniting potentials: Expanding career opportunities and global labour trends, St Paul University, Philippines, 17 September 2012

Youth Conference

ILO calls for urgent investment in youth work opportunities

The head of the ILO’s Employment sector outlines the ILO’s vision for investment in young people in order to tackle the world-wide youth unemployment crisis.

What Does the World of Work for 1.2 billion Youth Look Like?

A Vision for the Future Grounded in Today’s Realities and Research Keynote Address by Jose M. Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Director for Employment, ILO Global Youth Economic Opportunities Conference, 2012

Global Employment Outlook

Youth unemployment getting even worse

An ILO paper shows that the impact of the euro crisis is spreading as far afield as East Asia and Latin America, worsening the situation for many young jobseekers.

ILO to release new figures on youth unemployment

Internships: Head start or labour trap?

Internships can provide valuable work experience to young people. But as they become more common, so does the risk of abuse, especially during economic downturns. ILO News looks at the benefits and drawbacks of this practice.

Is temp a trap?

ILO News looks at young people trapped in temporary jobs with few prospects of moving to full-time employment. Ekkehard Ernst, Chief of the ILO’s Employment Trends Unit, says governments can help improve the situation.