World Employment and Social Outlook 2016

Transforming jobs to end poverty [Summary]

This edition of the World Employment and Social Outlook looks at poverty reduction and how it has been influenced by income inequality and the availability of quality jobs in developing and developed countries. The report provides an estimate of the cost to eradicate extreme and moderate poverty globally. It also offers policy recommendations to address the structural challenges needed to provide both quality jobs and poverty reduction.

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13 May 2016

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