Comment and Analysis
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Fair economy
Cooperatives’ considerable clout in the fight against child labour
14 July 2014
The coop economy, worth around US$2.5 trillion, plays its part in helping to eliminate child labour – a problem that, although in decline, still affects 168 million children worldwide.
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Business and development
Improving conditions for women workers has a domino effect
11 March 2014
Providing training, health-care and childcare to female workers has an impact that stretches beyond the factory floor.
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New ILO Publication
Inequality is not inevitable
10 February 2014
A new ILO book shows that the growing gap between rich and poor is only partially associated with technological change. The divide is mostly the result of economic and institutional policies that preceded the global economic and social crisis and were exacerbated by it.
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Op-Ed
Reducing inequality will boost economic growth
24 January 2014
This oped has appeared in several leading newspapers around the world.
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Comment by Guy Ryder
Child labour is no child’s play
08 October 2013
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Making Migration Work
New thinking on labour migration needed
02 October 2013
As a High-Level Dialogue on International Migration and Development is taking place in New York, ILO Director General Guy Ryder discusses ways to improve labour migration governance for the benefit of all.
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World Tourism Day
Tourism, poverty reduction and gender equality
25 September 2013
On the occasion of World Tourism Day (27 September), ILO Senior Tourism Specialist Wolfgang Weinz and ILO Senior Gender Specialist Susan Maybud talk about the role that tourism can play in achieving poverty reduction and gender equality.
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Article
Only Fair: Social justice must be at the foundation of Arab economic reforms
17 September 2013
By Nada al-Nashif and Zafiris Tzannatos
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Op-Ed
Boosting demand is the goal, so how do we get there?
05 September 2013
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Fighting forced labour
Question and answers on Work In Freedom programme
15 July 2013
The 5-year joint DFID/ILO programme aims to prevent over 100,000 girls and women from South Asia from falling victim to child and labour trafficking.