Employment intensive investment news
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Our impact, Their voices
‘Barefoot engineering’: How to boost rural development and local youth employment
20 September 2017
Shortage of engineers in rural areas has been affecting the quality and effective service delivery of the infrastructure works launched under MGNREGA in India. A training programme, set up by the Ministry of Rural Development with technical assistance of the ILO, addresses the skills gap while providing decent jobs to thousands of discouraged youth and promoting sustainable development in rural areas.
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Training young people to fulfil real needs in the rural economy
04 September 2017
Deborah Greenfield, ILO Deputy Director-General, speaks about how training rural youth to become barefoot technicians has helped provide solutions to local challenges in maintaining rural works and in employment generation.
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News
R4D-SP Capacity Development Workshop: Building the capacity of rural roads sector of Timor-Leste
25 August 2017
The Roads for Development (R4D) Program of Timor-Leste conducted a one-day workshop on 24 August in Dili to discuss the Capacity Development Framework for Phase 2 of the R4D program. More than 100 stakeholders involved in Timor-Leste’s rural roads sector attended to discuss the capacity development needs in the sector.
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Indian government and the ILO jointly-launch ‘Aarambh’ – a unique app to maintain rural roads
31 July 2017
The application’s usage aims at enhancing the service delivery of the state level institutions in planning and implementing performance based rural roads maintenance contracts.
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Article
ILO Response to the Ecuador earthquake
25 July 2017
Following the earthquake of 7.8 magnitude that hit Ecuador in April 2016, causing significant damage and affecting several important sectors of the economy, the Government of Ecuador asked the ILO to contribute to the reconstruction efforts in coordination with the United Nations system.
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Our impact, their story
Promoting women’s economic empowerment in rural Nepal: Mina’s story
09 June 2017
Breaking gender stereotypes and caste-barriers, Mina Bardewa not only started earning a means of livelihood, but also boosted her self-confidence after she got an opportunity to work as part of the Road Maintenance Group (RMG) in Nepal.
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Rural development
The rural economy: An untapped source of jobs, growth and development
13 March 2017
Decent work in the rural economy will be key to fulfilling the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals’ pledge to leave no one behind.
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A day in the life of Road Maintenance Workers
06 February 2017
Tulasi Pangini and Indra Bahadur Sunar, from Kaski, Pokhara are two beneficiaries of the World Bank/ILO road rehabilitation and maintenance project, which use labour-based approaches in the rural communities.
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Article
ILO and PMGSY – Road to ending poverty and creating prosperity
20 January 2017
ILO is associated with the Prime Minister’s Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) programme in India to enhance rural road connectivity and its maintenance.
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News
Decent work and just transitions must be at the heart of climate action
27 April 2016
This was underlined by Geneva-based dialogue gathering government representatives, staff from international organizations and non-governmental organizations on the day of the Paris Agreement signing ceremony.