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Post Typhoon Haiyan relief effort

ILO says five million workers affected by Typhoon Haiyan

Roughly a quarter of those employed in the affected areas have got their livelihoods destroyed or disrupted by Typhoon Haiyan. The ILO, along with UN sister agencies, supports the government, employers' and workers' organizations to help workers and...

ILO’s response to Super Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) in the Philippines

In response to Super Typhoon Haiyan which hit the Philippines on 8 November 2013 and caused devastating effects, the ILO is taking the lead role on the livelihood cluster in the coordinated United Nations response.

Philippines - Typhoon Haiyan

Typhoon Haiyan: Emergency employment programme to help rebuild livelihoods

The ILO is helping put in place emergency employment programmes as part of US$ 301 million relief appeal launched by the United Nations today.

Typhoon Haiyan, Philippines

ILO Director-General extends condolences to the Government and people of the Philippines

ILO supports victims of earthquake in the Philippines

Thousands of workers were badly affected when a 7.2 magnitude earthquake hit Central Visayas, Philippines in mid-October. Preliminary estimates of the International Labour Organization (ILO) show that 440,000 workers have been affected by the quake...

Cash for Work

Fiji: A village forced to move by rising seas

The International Labour Organization is playing a critical role in helping a Fijian coastal community rebuild its flooded village.

Op-Ed

Boosting demand is the goal, so how do we get there?

ILO calls for additional job creation policies in G20 countries

With structural unemployment still above pre-crisis levels in G20 countries, the ILO has called for broader and more inclusive job-creation policies to achieve the G20’s shared goal of strong, sustainable and balanced growth.

G20 Labour Ministerial in Moscow

ILO welcomes G20 efforts to boost job creation and growth

At the end of their two-day meeting, Labour and Employment Ministers from G20 countries presented a series of policy proposals to speed up the economic recovery.

Partnership

ILO and BDA ink partnership to support peace building in Mindanao

The International Labour Organization and the Bangsamoro Development Agency today signed an agreement that will contribute to peace building efforts through local economic development, decent work and sustainable livelihoods in Mindanao.

Myanmar

A new path out of adversity

The ILO’s infrastructure project on the Irrawaddy delta in Myanmar, not only re-established access to villages devastated by cyclone Nargis in 2008 but also gave rise to a bustling community life.

Social entrepreneurship

Helping women to help themselves escape poverty in Myanmar

A non-profit organization set up in response to the devastation caused by cyclone Nargis employs women to run small businesses that benefit poor communities.

Partnership

A new day rises - peace finally comes to Bondoc Peninsula

Armed conflict has ceased to be a regular fare for the poor people of Bondoc Peninsula, once a hotbed of insurgency, in Quezon Province. The cycle of poverty, lack of decent work and conflict kept development at bay.

World of Work report 2013

Profits return but fail to boost real economy in many advanced countries

Profitability has regained pre-crisis levels in many countries, but investment is still below pre-crisis levels in most advanced economies

World of Work report 2013

Uneven job recovery poses challenges to most countries

The latest edition of the ILO’s World of Work report shows encouraging, but still-fragile signs of improvement in emerging and developing economies, while many advanced economies continue to face high or even rising unemployment and increasing...

Partnership

Australian Aid and ILO support sustainable livelihoods in the Philippines' worst typhoon-hit areas

Almost five months after typhoon Pablo (Bopha) hit the province of Davao Oriental in eastern Mindanao, Philippines, disaster-affected families in the municipalities of Baganga, Cateel and Boston still need help.

Strengthening business resilience of Indonesian small and medium enterprises in the face of disaster

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are vulnerable to various types and forms of threats, dangers or crisis. The recent flood emergency in Jakarta in early 2013, for example, had severely hurt businesses, particularly SMEs. Floods had...

Confidence can be restored in Europe, ILO says

Government, worker and employer representatives from 51 European and Central Asian ILO member States adopt a resolution to promote growth and jobs in the region

ILO Director-General urges closer cooperation between IMF, EC and ILO

The three international institutions need to work together to find solutions to the economic crisis in Europe, says Guy Ryder

Natural disaster

Back to life after the great East Japan earthquake

Residents of a city devastated by the 2011 tsunami pick up the pieces, showing just how crucial jobs are in times of disaster-recovery.