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Which policies can help boost employment and productivity?

Despite a lukewarm economic recovery, the global labour market remains weak, with growing numbers of unemployed and discouraged workers. ILO's economist Steve Kapsos, co-author of the 2014 edition of the Global Employment Trends report, calls for a "re-think" of the current policy environment and for a new set of policies aimed at boosting the job market.

20 January 2014

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