To better understand the challenges in providing access to decent work for everyone, Agence Française de Développement and the International Labour Organization (ILO) held a conference on Friday, May 24 in Paris entitled “Decent Work and Social Ties: A Global Democratic Challenge.”
Train Cambodians for management jobs in the textile sector
The textile sector is essential to Cambodia’s economy and employment. The middle management and directorial positions are held by Asian expatriates because of the lack of sufficiently qualified local people. This project has enabled the creation of a training centre for the textile professions,...
On the occasion of the one-hundredth anniversary of the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the conference organized by AFD and the ILO on May 24 of this year, Bernard Thibault, the former head of the CGT (General Confederation of Labor) trade union, reviews the progress made over the...
The Bolaven Plateau coffee industry, which has been supported by AFD since 1998, is on the way to becoming a protected geographical indication. This will result in an improvement in living conditions for producers, a recognition of know-how and more sustainable growing methods.
Regulating platform delivery work in Argentina. Tensions between regulations and the priorities of workers
ESTEEM – Exposure to Structural Transition in an Ecological-Economic Model
Precarisation or Protection? The Impact of Digital Platform Labour on Argentinean Domestic Workers in Times of Pandemic
Claire ZANUSO
Migrants, Markets, and Mayors
In the Burmese capital of Yangon, poor neighborhoods are extremely vulnerable to communicable diseases such as Covid-19. Not only is “social distancing” impossible for those who live in overcrowded areas. They have limited or no access to high-quality health or hygiene facilities.
The African continent, which is poised to welcome millions of new additions to the job market, is already experiencing massive youth unemployment and widespread reliance on precarious jobs. What conditions will enable the demographic transit to support decent work for everyone?
Cecilia Poggi: “It Is Essential To Be Able To Guarantee Social Protection for Informal Workers”
Today, 60% of the world’s working population has a job in the informal economy. How to take better account of this reality, which is in particular a source of social precariousness and lost revenue for public finances, and adapt policies? Cecilia Poggi, an economist responsible for social...
The Amount Global GDP Would Increase By If Women Had the Same Economic Opportunities as Men
At greater risk of unemployment. Paid less for doing the equivalent job. More likely to work in the informal economy. Despite the great progress that has been made in recent decades, when it comes to employment, women still face many forms of discrimination. Despite this, they represent a key...
Manufacturing Equality in Turkey
It’s a story of hardship, desperate poverty – and escape. Khim Mae Soe’s journey from Myanmar to Thailand casts into sharp relief the travails of those trying to build a better life abroad. To mark International Migrants Day on 18 December, Khin Mae Soe tells us her story. If a years-long...