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November 2008
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Publication
ILO strengthens efforts to help private sector fight forced labour and human trafficking
10 November 2008
The International Labour Office (ILO) is to reinforce its efforts to help employers and the private sector contribute to the global fight against forced labour, which the ILO estimates afflicts more than 12 million persons worldwide.
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News
Nicaragua and the ILO sign Decent Work Country programme
04 November 2008
The signing of a Decent Work Programme with the ILO has provided new impetus for social dialogue between the Nicaraguan partners and efforts to create better decent work opportunities, for example, through improved compliance with labour standards. ILO Online reports from Managua.
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News
ILO issues second call for proposals to promote cooperatives in Africa
04 November 2008
The International Labour Organization has issued a second call for proposals to promote cooperatives through the Cooperative Facility for Africaprogramme. The first round provided funding worth US$ 361,354.
October 2008
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Third Informal Donors’ Meeting, 16-17 October 2008
ILO to strengthen technical cooperation programme with multi- and bilateral donors
21 October 2008
In an effort to help boost the technical cooperation programme and further harmonize the planning and implementation of its operational programme, the ILO met today with main external donors, governments and agencies.
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Video
Unemployment to rise by 20 million: An interview with Juan Somavia, Director-General of the ILO
20 October 2008
The global financial crisis could increase world unemployment by an estimated 20 million women and men, the Director-General of the International Labour Office (ILO) said today. “The important thing is not to forget that the financial crisis is affecting real people in their life, in their family life and in communities, it's affecting the real economy,” he added.
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Video
Press Conference on Income Inequalities Report
16 October 2008
Raymond Torres, Director of the International Institute for Labour Studies at the ILO, meets the press to discuss the new study "World of Work Report 2008: Income inequalities in the age of financial globalization".
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World Day for Decent Work
Income inequalities: An interview with Raymond Torres, Director of the ILO's International Institute for Labour Studies
15 October 2008
Despite strong economic growth that has produced millions of new jobs since the early 1990s, income inequality grew dramatically in most regions of the world and is expected to increase due to the current global financial crisis, according to a new study "World of Work Report 2008: Income inequalities in the age of financial globalization" published by the research arm of the International Labour Organization (ILO).
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Microinsurance
Peru: Microinsurance paves the way for social protection in rural areas
14 October 2008
A large insurance firm and an association of water irrigation users have teamed up to become the first providers of micro-life insurance for millions of small farmers in Peru. The project, which has received support from the ILO’s Microinsurance Innovation Facility and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, will allow a third of rural families in Peru to have access to social protection for the first time. ILO reports from Lima.
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Statement
Sustainable Recovery and Shaping a Fair Globalization - Statement of the ILO Director-General to the fall meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank
10 October 2008
Statement by Mr Juan Somavia, Director-General of the International Labour Office, to the International Monetary and Finance Committee and Development Committee - Washington, DC, 10-11 October 2008
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Better work program
IFC and ILO to improve labor standards and competitiveness in Vietnam’s apparel industry
07 October 2008
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and the International Labour Organization today launched the program to improve working conditions for more than 700,000 workers in the Vietnamese apparel industry and boost the international competitiveness of the sector.