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Kirsten Newitt

China 2030: new World Bank research report on China - 0 views

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China

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  • Kirsten Newitt on 27 Feb 12
     
    Major new research report that provides an assessment of the Chinese economy and recommendations for its medium term development strategy.
Kirsten Newitt

McKinsey report on global labour market trends - June 2012 - 0 views

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employment

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  • Over the past three decades, as developing economies industrialized and began to compete in world markets, a global labor market started taking shape. As more than one billion people entered the labor force, a massive movement from “farm to factory” sharply accelerated growth of productivity and per capita GDP in China and other traditionally rural nations, helping to bring hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. To raise productivity, developed economies invested in labor-saving technologies and tapped global sources of low-cost labor.
  • Today, the strains on this market are becoming increasingly apparent. In advanced economies, demand for high-skill labor is now growing faster than supply, while demand for low-skill labor remains weak. Labor’s overall share of income, or the share of national income that goes to worker compensation, has fallen, and income inequality is growing as lower-skill workers—including 75 million young people—experience unemployment, underemployment, and stagnating wages.
Kirsten Newitt

New ILO Recommendation calls for Social Protection Floor for all - 0 views

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ILO social protection

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  • The Recommendation requests countries to implement their Social Protection Floors as early as possible in national development processes .
  • Countries are encouraged to establish social protection floors (**) as a “fundamental element of their national social security systems” and as part of their social, economic and environmental development plans. Those countries who cannot afford the basic social protection measures could seek international cooperation and support to complement their own efforts.
  • The new ILO Recommendation is the first autonomous one to be voted on social security in 68 years. It comes 24 years after the last legal instrument on social protection was discussed by delegates from governments, workers and employers back in 1988.
Stuart Bell

Cooperation against trafficking: Major new initiative to protect women and girls from m... - 0 views

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slavery trafficking

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    "Over 100,000 girls and women in South Asia are set to benefit from a new initiative by the International Labour Organization and the UK Department for International Development, which aims to prevent trafficking within the region and to the Middle East. "
Steve Gibbons

FT.com / Emerging Markets - Conflict zone pressure rises on companies - 0 views

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ruggie

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    Conflict zone pressure rises on companies By Hugh Williamson in LondonPublished: January 12 2011 13:17 | Last updated: January 12 2011 13:17 Multinational companies are facing new pressure to tighten their operating standards in developing countries and conflict zones, including better risk assessments and grievance mechanisms, according to the leading global expert in the field. John Ruggie, United Nations special representative for business and human rights, told a London audience on Tuesday evening that a framework of tougher standards he had drafted "has acquired a life of its own" even before it is voted on in the UN's Human Rights Council in June.
Kirsten Newitt

G20 Labour and Employment Ministers' Conclusions - Paris, 26-27 September 2011 - 0 views

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G20 crisis

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  • To achieve these objectives, we ask our Leaders to consider the following policy recommendations: I – Improve active employment policies, particularly for young people and other vulnerable groups
  • II – Strengthen social protection by establishing social protection floors adapted to each country
  • III – Promote effective application of social and labour rights
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  • IV – Strengthen the coherence of economic and social policies
  • (8) Consolidate employment as a priority of economic policy
  • 9) Preparing our young people to find decent jobs
  • Accordingly, we agree on the following recommendations:
  • (10) Labour market policies for better social inclusion and access to jobs
  • (11) Employment policies informed by the contribution of relevant international organisations
  • Accordingly, we agree on the following recommendations: (15) Develop nationally defined social protection floors with a view to achieving strong, sustainable and balanced economic growth and social cohesion
  • (16) Encourage international organisations to coordinate their actions more effectively to help countries develop nationally determined social protection floors
  • (17) Ensure effective financing for the implementation of nationally determined social protection floors
  • (21) Ensure respect of the Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work
  • (22) Promote international labour standards
  • (26) Fully implement the 2008 Declaration on Social Justice for a Fair Globalisation
  • (27) Strengthen our policy coherence
  • (28) Further enhance coordination among international organisations
  • we recommend setting up an intergovernmental task force on employment, composed of the G20 representatives, with the contribution of relevant international organisations and consulting social partners as appropriate. The task force will provide input to the G20 Labour and Employment ministerial meeting to be held under the Mexican Presidency in 2012. Its objectives and mandate are set out in the Annex.
Stuart Bell

Jobs and livelihoods at the heart of the post-2015 development agenda - 0 views

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ILO Employment MDGs

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    ILO's concept note on post-MDG priorities
Kirsten Newitt

Jobs, Justice and Equity: Africa Progress Report 2012 - 1 views

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Africa

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  • Kirsten Newitt on 11 May 12
     
    New report published by the Africa Progress Panel
Kirsten Newitt

Jayati Ghosh on aid to India - 0 views

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India development policy DFID

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  • Jayati Ghosh says aid from Britain benefits the UK more than it does India, and makes a negligible difference to relieving poverty. She discusses India's rapid growth and its social and economic inequality, and calls for an economic strategy that focuses on secure employment
  • Kirsten Newitt on 04 Apr 12
     
    Short video interview (3m) with Jayati Ghosh
Kirsten Newitt

China and ILO sign South-South cooperation agreement - 0 views

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ILO china South South cooperation

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  • Under the “Partnership Agreement for Promoting Technical Cooperation with a Focus on South-South Initiatives”, the People’s Republic of China is committing US$1 million over three years to support South-South cooperation and the Decent Work agenda. The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security of the People’s Republic of China will assist developing countries in Asia promote full employment and decent work, through innovative technical cooperation projects that will facilitate the dissemination of good practices.
  • The agreement makes China the second of the so-called BRICS countries (Brazil, China, India, the Russian Federation, and South Africa) to sign a South-South agreement with the ILO.
Stuart Bell

Combating Child Labour EU Staff Working Doc Feb 2010 - 1 views

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Child labour EU

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  • Stuart Bell on 11 Feb 10
     
    Commission working document covering EU policy and xisting measures in the context of MDGs, trade, procurement, bilateral development assistance etc
Stuart Bell

Ergon Update August 2011 - 1 views

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IFC freedom of association Equator Principles

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  • Stuart Bell on 05 Aug 11
     
    Latest Update includes pieces on new IFC Performance Standards, freedom of association and development and the review of the Equator Principles.
Stuart Bell

Latest Ergon Update January 2014 - 1 views

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  • Stuart Bell on 08 Jan 14
     
    Key developments in the field of labour standards, human rights and decent work that we think will move centre stage during the coming year.
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