Videos
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10 ways to a brighter future of work in the digital economy
01 October 2020
Based on findings from seven countries (Canada, China, Germany, India, Indonesia, Singapore and Thailand), the ILO has outlined 10 possible policy responses to inform dialogue among governments, employers’ and workers’ organizations to advance decent work opportunities for more women and men in the digital economy.
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Message of Prime Minister H.E. Mr. Imran Khan at the ILO Global Summit on 08-Jul-2020
09 July 2020
H.E. Mr. Imran Khan, Prime Minister of Islamic Republic of Pakistan, addressed the largest ever online gathering of workers, employers and governments at the ILO Global Summit on 08 July 2020. The Global Summit was organized to share country experiences of the pandemic and to deliberate on how to move forward beyond its economic and social impact on the global economy.
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What are six key ingredients to promote sustainable enterprises?
09 October 2017
The ILO looks at six key ingredients to promote sustainable enterprises and have a win-win situation of high competitiveness and decent work. Find out more in the ILO’s 2017 report: “World Employment and Social Outlook – Sustainable enterprises and jobs: Formal enterprises and decent work”.
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WESO Trends 2017: How to address unemployment?
13 January 2017
More efforts are needed to improve labour market participation and ensure that policies support equity, employment and growth, say ILO economists Stefan Kuhn and Santo Milasi. (Closed captions available)
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WESO Trends 2017: The disconnect between growth and employment
13 January 2017
Growth continues to disappoint, both in terms of its level but also in terms of its ability to make important inroads to making growth more inclusive. The ILO’s World Employment and Social Outlook – Trends 2017 highlights the challenges for the coming year in jobs and the labour market. (Closed captions available)
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Social partner’s decisive role in design and implementation of labour provisions in trade agreements
18 July 2016
There is a tendency to establish mechanisms to inform and consult the wider public, including worker and employer organizations, but more still needs to be done to put these mechanisms into practice says Rafael Peels, a Research Officer in the ILO's Research Department.
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Labour provisions in trade agreements do not harm business and ease labour market access
18 July 2016
Marva Corley, ILO Senior Economist and lead author of the new ILO Growth with Equity report entitled “Assessment of labour provisions in trade and investment arrangements”, says that labour provisions can also help with non-discrimination in the workplace and encourage more women to join the labour force.
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An urgent policy reorientation for Latin America and the Caribbean
21 June 2016
To tackle unemployment, informality and low productivity growth, a policy reorientation is needed in Latin America and the Caribbean. ILO economists Clemente Pignatti and Verónica Escudero discuss the potential opportunities that can be leveraged from active labour market policies in the region.
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What works: Active Labour Market Policies in Latin America and the Caribbean
21 June 2016
Active labour market policies can address persistent and unresolved structural issues in the region. To sustain productive employment and create quality jobs, “what works” in Latin America and the Caribbean is to increase emphasis on active labour market policies. ILO economists Verónica Escudero and Elva López Mourelo discuss the main findings of the ILO report “What works: Active Labour Market Policies in Latin America and the Caribbean”.
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Global wage gap puts the brakes on the global economy
21 May 2015
An estimated $1.2 trillion has been lost in annual wages due to the 61 million jobs gap that has opened up since the crisis.
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The policy response to the diversification of jobs
19 May 2015
The ILO's Raymond Torres looks at how countries can improve the situation of those working in non-standard forms of employment in the new, annual ILO flagship report: The World Employment and Social Outlook - The changing nature of jobs. (Closed Captions available)
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Trends on the changing nature of jobs
19 May 2015
The ILO's Raymond Torres explains how jobs while becoming more diversified are at the same time becoming less secure. The ILO's flagship report: The World Employment and Social Outlook - examines the changing nature of jobs in terms of the employment relationship between workers and enterprises. (Closed Captions available)
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Facts and Figures on Global Employment - An Interview with ILO's Steven Kapsos
24 January 2012
One out of every three workers around the world can either be classified as unemployed or poor, according to the ILO's Global Employment Trends 2012 report. ILO TV interviews Steven Kapsos, a labour economist at the ILO, about the facts and figures describing the global and regional employment picture.
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The Employment Challenge in 2012 - An Interview with ILO's Ekkehard Ernst
24 January 2012
ILO TV interviews Ekkehard Ernst, Chief of the ILO Employment Trends Unit, about global employment trends for 2012. He outlines three scenarios, projecting what the global employment situation could be like if economic growth estimates hold true, if they decline, and if there is an improvement.
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North Africa Employment Trends 2012 - An Interview with Dorothea Schmidt
24 January 2012
ILO TV interviews Dorothea Schmidt, a Senior ILO Employment Specialist based in Cairo, about rising unemployment across North Africa and the impact it is having in particular on young people and women. Based on findings from the ILO's Global Employment Trends 2012 report, she also discusses the lack of productive growth in North Africa and the need for further development of labour market institutions such as public employment services. Despite short-term negative effects on North African economies, Ms. Schmidt describes the ILO's hope that the Arab Spring of 2011 will have a positive impact on labour markets in the long-term.