Forging stronger partnerships for decent work in Asia-Pacific

By Cristina Tiron and Wolfgang Schiefer, Regional Unit for Partnerships, ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific. Assisted in part by the region’s faster recovery from the global economic crisis, Asia and the Pacific is seeing an increase in the number of middle-income countries. This enlarged group brings new opportunities to exchange knowledge and expertise and forge new partnerships - between agencies, institutions, governments - including South-South cooperation that can help realize decent work for all.