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Oct 20, 2012 09:37 AM
Author: International Labour Office (ILO), Edited by Sarah Mosoetsa and Michelle Williams
Publishing Date:
2012
Category: Research
ILO- 2012. “Labour in the global South is an exciting contribution to the new field of global labour studies. It identifies in ten clearly written chapters the innovative and creative responses to the challenges facing labour worldwide.”
The Nation. 19 Sep 2012 - Although the East Asian countries have made a lot of progress in terms of economic development, the region still has to improve skills and education as well as deregulate service trade to ensure sustainable growth in the next 25 years, according to a senior economist with the World Bank.
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Apr 07, 2013 07:06 AM
Author: ILO Country Office for Pacific Island Countries
Publishing Date:
2012
Category: Policy
The report highlights some of the challenges faced by persons with disability in accessing decent jobs and to identify relevant labour standards and other policy interventions that could advance disability in the workplace and assist Pacific Island countries address these challenges.
18 Sep 2012 - ILO. Unemployment in Spain is rising faster in rural areas than in urban centres and is fuelling social unrest, according to the latest statistics produced by ILO's International Institute for Labour Studies (IILS).
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Oct 20, 2012 09:43 AM
Author: International Labour Office (ILO), Islam, Iyanatul; Ahmed, Ishraq; Roy, Rathin; Ramos, Raquel
Publishing Date:
2012
Category: Policy
ILO - 2012. "The paper undertakes a content analysis of 2009-2010 IMF Article IV consultations for a sample of 30 low-income and 20 middle-income countries and points out that insufficient attention have been given to employment generation, poverty reduction and expansion of social protection"
The fourth ASEM Labour and Employment Ministers' Conference will be hosted by Viet Nam on 24 - 26 October 2012 in Hanoi. The theme of the Conference is "Employment and Social Protection - A key to Sustainable and Inclusive Growth". The Conference will be preceded by an ASEM Social Partners Forum on 24 October 2012 with the participation of worker and employer organizations from ASEM members and relevant international agencies.
The Australian - 13 Sep 2012. UNIVERSITIES should add "Asia-relevant'' content across disciplines, according to a new report.
The Asialink report, setting out plans for an "Asia capable workforce'' calls for a review of what universities, TAFEs and schools teach.
ILO September 10, 2012 - With people living longer, more and more questions are being raised on the possible effects of the ageing of the population on labour markets and social security systems.
ILO- 11 Sep 2012 - The ratification of ILO Convention 189 on Decent Work for Domestic Workers by the Philippines this week breaks new ground in extending basic labour rights to the nearly 100 million of domestic workers worldwide. We look at what it will mean for these workers when the Convention comes into force next year.
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Sep 04, 2012 07:05 PM
Author: International Labour Office (ILO)
Publishing Date:
2012
Category: Research
ILO, 2012. This update of the Global Employment Trends Report 2012 shows that jobless rates among young people will get even worse globally as the spillover of the euro crisis spreads from advanced to emerging economies.
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Oct 20, 2012 09:29 AM
Author: Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Publishing Date:
2012
Category: Policy
Asian Development Bank - 2012. "This study develops a productivity-based single measure of human capital, taking account different levels of education and productivity differentials across workers. Using this new measure, the paper presents empirical estimates of human capital in Viet Nam and compares the stock of human capital contributed by vocational and general education. It also deals with equity in human capital particularly as contributed by vocational education, and measures this equity across income quintiles and various socioeconomic and demographic groups in Viet Nam."
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Sep 11, 2012 10:14 AM
Author: Roland Dubois and Yuvna Juwaheer
Publishing Date:
2012
Category: Research
ILO - 2012. This is a case study from Mauritius on skills for green jobs. This report has been prepared in the framework of country-level work supported by the ILO. While following the same methodology as the one applied for the global synthesis report 'Skills for green jobs. A global view' (Strietska-Ilina et al. 2011), it is not among the 21 country reports analyzed in the synthesis report.
ILO - August 27, 2012. "Government, employer and worker representatives from ten countries in the Asia-Pacific region will gather in Surabaya, Indonesia this week to examine new ways of generating green employment opportunities."
30 Aug 2012 - GENEVA (ILO News)With youth unemployment rates reaching dramatic levels, internships have become increasingly common in developed countries, as has controversy over the practice. Internships are often considered a great way for young people to gather valuable work experience and get a foothold in the labour market.
Channel news Asia - August 29, 2012. "Indonesia's creaking university system is failing to keep pace with its booming economy, struggling to produce graduates equipped for modern working life in the Southeast Asian nation.
Investors have flocked to the fast-modernising country of 240 million people, attracted by its huge domestic market, rich natural resources and relatively low labour costs."
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