What's new
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Meeting document
Technical Cooperation Portfolio on the Youth Employment Crisis
27 February 2013
This technical cooperation portfolio comprises 48 new projects on youth employment, covering vocational training, policy guidance, entrepreneurship, and small enterprise creation in five regions.
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Green Jobs
Environmental sustainability is not a job killer
27 February 2013
ILO Green Jobs Programme coordinator, Peter Poschen, outlines the business and job opportunities that could emerge from a shift to a greener economy.
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Youth entrepreneurship
From slum living to company director
25 February 2013
One woman’s success story shows how green entrepreneurship could be an answer to both youth unemployment and environmental degradation in Africa.
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Press release
Hollywood puts ILO green programme in the frame
22 February 2013
Oscar-winning composer Hans Zimmer and director Ron Howard lend a hand to the ILO’s Green Jobs Programme.
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Technical cooperation
A strategic alliance for youth employment
22 February 2013
The ILO presents a technical cooperation portfolio that calls for the mobilization of resources and partnerships to tackle the youth employment crisis.
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Event
Hollywood rolls out green carpet for the ILO
19 February 2013
Film composer, Hans Zimmer and movie director, Ron Howard – both Academy Award winners - are hosting a party in Hollywood to raise awareness of the ILO’s Green Jobs Programme on Thursday 21 February.
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Press release
New green economy partnership responds to Rio+20 Call for Action
19 February 2013
Four UN agencies to assist 30 countries in transition to a green economy
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Cooperatives
Egypt’s farmers: Sowing the seeds of an agricultural revolution
07 February 2013
Agriculture will be critical to future economic growth in Egypt, says the ILO – but only if the laws on farmers’ co-ops are reformed.
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Publication
Impact Insurance Research Paper #29: Understanding and information failures
01 February 2013
Reserach Paper #29 attempts to understand the factors underlying the low take up and renewal rates frequently observed in insurance programmes in poor countries. Based on experience in India, the findings suggest that deficient information about the insurance product and the functioning of the scheme, poor understanding of the insurance concept, and the resulting low use of the insurance products by eligible households are some of the main causes of low enrolment and renewal rates.
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Publication
Impact Insurance Research Paper #30: What is a health card worth?
01 February 2013
Research Paper #30 presents the results of a randomized control trial that evaluated the impact of CARE Foundation´s out-patient insurance cards. The insurance product encouraged more frequent visits to community health workers, leading to earlier identification of illnesses and more timely referrals to a doctor or hospital. Since patients were treated at an earlier stage, they spent fewer days in hospital and costs were lower. In the project, community health workers were trained and deployed in villages to offer preventive care consultations, make referrals to a doctor when needed, and sell outpatient health insurance.
