52nd Commission for Social Development
Speeches and statements
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ILO Statement to the 52nd Commission for Social Development
Empowerment needed to tackle growing inequality and vulnerability
12 February 2014
The world needs a commitment to full employment and decent work that safeguards human and workers’ rights in order to move the development agenda forward.
Focus on: Poverty, social integration, full employment and decent work
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Book
Wage-led Growth: An equitable strategy for economic recovery
This original and extensive study examines the causes and consequences associated with the falling wage share and rising inequality in income distribution, relating to both aggregate demand and labour productivity.
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Book
Assessing Green Jobs Potential in Developing Countries: A Practitioner’s Guide
The knowledge of how the transition to a sustainable, low-carbon economy will affect employment, especially underlying job movements, is vital to informing policy, yet there are few comparable studies for developing countries.
Commission outcomes
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Report of the 52nd Commission for Social Development
Report and resolutions of the 52nd Commission for Social Development
21 February 2014
UN reports
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Report of the Secretary-General to the 52nd Commission for Social Development
Further implementation of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing, 2002
16 December 2013
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Report of the Secretary-General to the 52nd Commission for Social Development
Promoting empowerment of people in achieving poverty eradication, social integration and full employment and decent work for all
04 December 2013
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Report of the Secretary-General to the 52nd Commission for Social Development
Mainstreaming disability in the development agenda: towards 2015 and beyond
04 December 2013
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Report of the Secretary-General to the 52nd Commission for Social Development
Implementation of the World Programme of Action for Youth
03 December 2013