ILO report sees “volatile and uneven recovery” across economic sectors in 2010
GENEVA (ILO News) – The ILO’s Sectoral Activities Department has released new data showing that employment is recovering unevenly across sectors in the first half of 2010 and will continue to do so over the remainder of the year. The new ILO paper based on data from 13 sectors in 51 developed and developing countries says that while construction and manufacturing have lost a total of more than 5 millions jobs in the first quarter of 2010 (compared to 2009), the health sector has added almost 2.8 million jobs during the same period though compared to 2008. (10 November, 2010) |
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 G20 urged to implement commitment to jobs, social protection SEOUL (ILO News) – Amidst widespread concern about the slow recovery in employment, Mr. Juan Somavia, Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO), urged the G20 Leaders to implement their commitment to the central role of social protection and decent work in global recovery. (12 November 2010) |
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Joint Press release - More open trade and well designed employment policies: key to supporting growth
Geneva, 12 November 2010 (ILO, WTO, World Bank and OECD) - Open markets play a pivotal role in supporting growth and job creation, says a new joint report by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the International Labour Organization, the World Bank and the World Trade Organization. But, it adds, trade opening must be complemented by properly designed domestic policies, including employment and social protection policies to ensure that benefits from trade are widely shared. (12 November 2010)
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 ILO support for UWI's Actuarial Studies Programme
PORT OF SPAIN (ILO News) - Through a partnership between the Cave Hill School of Business of the University of the West Indies in Barbados, the ILO Office for the Caribbean and the Social Security Department of the ILO, actuarial students of the UWI, Cave Hill, recently benefited from ILO's expertise in social security and actuarial science. (12 November 2010)
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COMMUNIQUÉ ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE NINETEENTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (COHSOD) OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE SEVENTH ILO MEETING OF CARIBBEAN LABOUR MINISTERS, 14-16 APRIL 2010, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
The Nineteenth Meeting of the Caribbean Community Council for Human and Social Development (COHSODIX)-Labour, in conjunction with ILO Seventh Meeting of Caribbean Labour Ministers was convened under the theme: Coherence for Human and Social Development in the Caribbean Community: the Contribution of Labour Ministries and the Decent Work Agenda, at the Guyana International Convention Centre, Liliendaal, Greater Georgetown, Guyana on 14-16 April 2010. The Meeting was chaired by the Hon. Karl Hood, Minister of Labour, Grenada. (19 April 2010) |
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