Impact and people
2017
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Social protection in Timor Leste: The difference dialogue can make in protecting the poor
08 December 2017
Despite being the youngest nation in Asia, Timor-Leste is taking a proactive and coordinated approach to ensure a better life for its citizens with a national Social Protection Strategy for 2017-2030.
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© Bill Lyons/ World Bank 2022
Learning to run a small business in conflict and poverty-wracked Yemen
11 October 2017
The conflict in Yemen has robbed millions of people of their livelihoods, particularly in rural areas. A joint ILO-UNDP programme helps vulnerable youth set up their own business.
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ILO and PMGSY – Road to ending poverty and creating prosperity
20 January 2017
ILO is associated with the Prime Minister’s Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) programme in India to enhance rural road connectivity and its maintenance.
2016
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South Africa’s Child Support Grant: A booster for poverty reduction
14 April 2016
11.7 million poor children in South Africa are now covered by the social benefit which is having a positive impact on their daily lives.
2015
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ERA Stories: Opening up remote communities in Timor-Leste
21 August 2015
Sitting on a brand new motorbike, in front of his newly constructed house, Gilberto Baptista, a busy motorcycle taxi driver, admits he owes all his recent good fortune to the newly rehabilitated Leohitu road, Timor-Leste.
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© Ishara S.Kodikara / AFP 2022
Nepal: Rights, quake rehab plan are musts for peace and development
07 August 2015
On the occasion of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, ILO News talked to Dr Mukta Singh Lama, an indigenous person from Nepal, about the post-earthquake situation and the impact of ILO Convention 169 on important rights of indigenous people.
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How tourism makes a difference in poor areas of Viet Nam
11 February 2015
Over the last three years, an International Labour Organization (ILO) project in Viet Nam has developed tourism-boosting jobs and reduced poverty in neglected areas.
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© Armend Nimani / AFP 2022
Curbing child labour in Kosovo: Let children be children
09 February 2015
Poverty pushes a high number of children in Kosovo* to drop out of school and enter child labour as early as 10 years old. The ILO supports efforts of Kosovo’s public institutions and social partners to eliminate child labour, with an emphasis on its worst forms.
2013
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Convergence – A way to end child labour in India
31 July 2013
The ILO teams up with the local authorities to help remove and prevent children from entering child labour in urban and rural areas in five states.
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Helping women to help themselves escape poverty in Myanmar
10 June 2013
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.