Media advisory
ILO and UNDP to publish "Rethinking Economic Growth: Towards Productive and Inclusive Arab Societies"
The International Labour Organization and the United Nations Development Programme to launch landmark report tackling the causes and consequences of the Arab Spring.
BEIRUT – The International Labour Organization and the United Nations Development Programme will launch the report “Rethinking Economic Growth: Towards Productive and Inclusive Arab Societies” on Tuesday 5 February at 11GMT.
The report examines Arab labour market trends and structures over the two decades leading up to the Arab Spring in 2011, offering insights into the underlying causes for the uprisings that have since spread from Tunisia across the Arab world.
It investigates labour supply and demand and their impacts on employment, and the institutional framework that determines decent work, especially social protection and social dialogue.
The report also presents policy considerations and recommendations to governments, workers and employers in the region.
Embargoed electronic copies of the report, the executive summary and some associated media material will be made available to journalists upon request, starting on Friday 1 February, by contacting Farah Dakhlallah, ILO Regional Communication and Public Information Officer for the Arab States at +9611/752-400 ext 117 and dakhlallah@ilo.org.
Interviews by print, web or broadcast media can also be scheduled by contacting the ILO Regional Office for the Arab States.
The report examines Arab labour market trends and structures over the two decades leading up to the Arab Spring in 2011, offering insights into the underlying causes for the uprisings that have since spread from Tunisia across the Arab world.
It investigates labour supply and demand and their impacts on employment, and the institutional framework that determines decent work, especially social protection and social dialogue.
The report also presents policy considerations and recommendations to governments, workers and employers in the region.
Embargoed electronic copies of the report, the executive summary and some associated media material will be made available to journalists upon request, starting on Friday 1 February, by contacting Farah Dakhlallah, ILO Regional Communication and Public Information Officer for the Arab States at +9611/752-400 ext 117 and dakhlallah@ilo.org.
Interviews by print, web or broadcast media can also be scheduled by contacting the ILO Regional Office for the Arab States.