All ILO Newsroom content
November 2012
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Banking co-ops
What financial cooperatives can teach the big banks
05 November 2012
The success of financial cooperatives during the global financial crisis shows there is a credible alternative to the investment-owned banking system.
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ILC 2012
The World Bank's World Development Report 2013, presented at the ILO
02 November 2012
The ILO welcomed the World Bank's World Development Report 2013, entitled "Jobs", a timely publication in the midst of the economic crisis.
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Statement
International labour Office comments on the World Bank’s “World Development Report 2013: Jobs”
02 November 2012
World Bank’s “World Development Report 2013: Jobs”, ILO 2 November 2012.
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Measuring unemployment
Youth jobs count – but how?
02 November 2012
The latest EU figures show a further increase in youth unemployment, but there has been some debate in the past over whether to express those levels in rates rather than ratios. What is the difference between the two, and which, if any, is a more precise measurement?
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Statement
Comments by M. Salazar-Xirinachs at Launching Event The World Bank’s 2013 World Development Report on Jobs
01 November 2012
Statement by Jose M. Salazar-Xirinachs at Launching Event of the Report organized by the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs and the World Bank, Bern, 1 November 2012.
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Local development
Tourism benefits Viet Nam’s rural poor
01 November 2012
Inland hilltribe villagers in Quang Nam province have increased their earnings by developing products such as traditional weavings, spices, tea gift baskets and home stay services for tourists, with the help of an ILO project and funding from the Luxembourg Government. By Tran Quynh Hoa, ILO Country Office for Viet Nam.
October 2012
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Multilateral meeting
French President meets with the heads of ILO, OECD, WTO, IMF and World Bank
29 October 2012
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Microinsurance
The win-win potential of microinsurance for migrants
29 October 2012
International migrants send home over US$ 400 billion a year, yet they and their families often lack basic social protection. That is where microinsurance can step in.
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Labour rights
Domestic workers in Europe falling through the loopholes
24 October 2012
Many domestic workers in Europe do not enjoy as much legal protection as other workers. ILO Convention 189 on Decent Work for Domestic Workers – which will come into force in a year’s time – offers a chance to improve the lives of the millions of people who work in this profession.
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Employment update
Asia-Pacific: Quality and quantity of jobs dropping
22 October 2012
Slowing growth in many Asian countries has accentuated labour market challenges in a region that has the world’s largest youth population, and where precarious work is widespread.