Promotional materials
2013
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Rural policy briefs
Promoting rural development through occupational safety and health
27 September 2013
Most people in rural areas face particularly poor and hazardous working conditions coupled with a lack of social protection. Integrated approaches that include promoting rural workers’ health and safety are fundamental to ensure decent and productive lives and boost rural development.
2005
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MAKING A LIVING UNDER THE SUN IN KENYA
29 June 2005
More than 90 per cent of all jobs created in Africa are in the informal sector, many of them in small open-air workshops. In Kenya, this kind of business is known as jua kali, or “fierce sun” and now well-established employers are working together with the ILO to link up with the informal sector to raise quality and working conditions.