Tools and Services on National Employment Policies
2015
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Publication
Labour Markets, Institutions and Inequality: Building just societies in the 21st century
14 January 2015
“Good governance, social stabilization and economic justice are not luxuries that weigh down and impede the process of development. They are the essence of development itself. This book provides the documentation required to carry the point.” From the Foreword by James K. Galbraith
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Publication
National Employment Policies: A guide for workers’ organisations
08 January 2015
2014
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Social Protection Policy Paper. Paper 14
Social protection for children: Key policy trends and statistics
08 December 2014
This policy paper: (i) provides a global overview of the organization of child and family benefits in 183 countries; (ii) presents the negative impacts of fiscal consolidation and adjustment measures in a number of higher income economies; (iii) analyses trends and recent policies, e.g. extension of child and family benefit coverage in a large number of low- and middle-income countries; (iv) presents the costs of basic universal child and orphan benefits in 57 low and lower middle income countries; and (v) calls for the expansion of social protection for children and families in pursuit of crisis recovery, inclusive development and social justice.
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Social Protection Policy Paper. Paper 13
Addressing the Global Health Crisis: Universal Health Protection Policies
08 December 2014
This policy paper (i) examines the dimensions of the global health crisis based on severe deficits in health protection and limited access to needed health care; (ii) presents the extent of the health crisis at global, regional and national level as well as rural/urban divergences within countries and their root causes; (iii) suggests policy options to address the health protection crisis using the framework of national social protection floors by focusing on inclusive legislation and adequate financing as well as making quality services available and providing financial protection; (iv) concludes that progressing towards universal health protection is possible by developing a three step approach that yields highest rates of returns in terms of sustainability, economic growth and equity. The Annexes present global data on total health expenditure, health coverage and skilled health workers for 171 countries.
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Publication
Promoting youth employment through activation strategies
24 November 2014
EMPLOYMENT Working Paper No. 163
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Studies on Growth with Equity
Greece: Productive Jobs for Greece
24 November 2014
The aim of the Studies on Growth with Equity series is to show how strong and well-designed employment, labour and social protection measures are central – in combination with supportive macroeconomic policy – to building sustainable, job-rich and equitable growth.
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Publication
Social protection global policy trends 2010-2015
17 November 2014
From fiscal consolidation to expanding social protection: Key to crisis recovery, inclusive development and social justice.
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Publication
Promoting cooperatives: An information guide to ILO Recommendation No. 193
06 October 2014
The ILO’s Recommendation 193 on the Promotion of Cooperatives was adopted in 2002 and provides an internationally agreed template for national policy. This second edition has been updated and revised and will help cooperatives, governments, employers’ and workers’ organizations to help to make the cooperative model to become the option for achieving sustainable development.
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Studies on Growth with Equity
Spain: Growth with jobs
29 September 2014
The aim of the Studies on Growth with Equity series is to show how strong and well-designed employment, labour and social protection measures are central – in combination with supportive macroeconomic policy – to building sustainable, job-rich and equitable growth.
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Instructional material
Monitoring and evaluation of youth employment programmes: A learning guide
25 August 2014