Videos

  1. Report in short

    22 January 2018

    The ILO’s flagship report, World Employment and Social Outlook – Trends 2018 highlights the challenges for the coming year in jobs and the labour market and looks at global and regional employment trends. The report also focuses on efforts that need to be put in place to improve the quality of work for jobholders, paying particular attention to working poverty and vulnerable employment.

  2. 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.

  3. Global Employment Trends 2012

    23 January 2012

    Three years after the global economic crisis devastated markets, wiped out savings, ruined businesses and disrupted the lives of billions of working people, the International Labour Organization’s annual report on global employment has concluded that the deep consequences of the crisis are continuing into 2012. The report also calls for a global response to create hundreds of millions of new, productive jobs in the next ten years.

  4. As Economies Recover What About Jobs in the Developing World? An Interview with Theodoor Sparreboom

    25 January 2011

    In its annual employment trends survey the ILO reports that the world's working poor grew by 40 million because of the economic crisis. At the same time several economies in the developing world have seen their unemployment rates fall below pre-crisis levels. With signs of economic recovery, ILO TV interviews ILO economist Theodoor Sparreboom on the outlook for labour markets across the developing world in 2011.

  5. 2009 Employment Trends in Asia - An Interview with Steve Kapsos

    27 January 2010

    ILO TV interviews Steve Kapsos, contributor to the Global Employment Trends report. From China to Thailand, he discusses the impact of the economic crisis on labour markets and vulnerable employment in Asia.

  6. 2009 Employment Trends in Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America - An Interview with Theo Sparreboom

    27 January 2010

    ILO TV interviews Theo Sparreboom about the impact of the economic crisis on labour markets in Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America as described in the ILO's Global Employment Trends report.

  7. Facing the jobs crisis, an interview with the ILO Director-General

    28 January 2009

    ILO TV interviews Juan Somavia, the ILO Director-General, about the Global Employment Trends 2009 report published today. "The ILO message is realistic, not alarmist. We are now facing a global jobs crisis. Many governments are aware and acting, but more decisive and coordinated international action is needed to avert a global social recession," says Mr. Somavia.

  8. The Impact of the Economic Crisis on Developing Economies

    28 January 2009

    The global economic crisis is expected to lead to a dramatic increase in the number of people joining the ranks of the unemployed, working poor and those in vulnerable employment, the International Labour Office (ILO) says in its annual Global Employment Trends report.