PARDEV Newsletter No. 36
ILO: Global Employment Trends; World of Work; Global Wage Report; Domestic Workers
Various recent ILO reports are summarized here. Global Employment Trends 2013: Recovering from a second jobs dip, calls for additional policy action. The World of Work Report 2012: Better Jobs for a Better Economy considers that a dramatic shift is needed in the current policy approach in order to fight the structural challenges of unemployment. The Global Wage Report 2012/13: Wages and Equitable Growth calls for internal and external “rebalancing” to achieve more socially and economically sustainable outcomes within and across countries, proposing policy actions beyond labour markets and national borders.