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March 2022
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Podcast series: Global challenges – Global solutions
Are we doing all we can to address ageing in the world of work?
11 March 2022
People are living longer than ever before in both developed and developing countries. And in both cases, older people either want to, or have to, keep working, often out of the realistic fear of falling into poverty. In this podcast Dorothea Schmidt-Klau, Senior Economist at the ILO’s Employment Policy Department, unpacks these trends in ageing in the world of work and how to address them.
May 2020
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Decent work for Roma youth
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