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Global unemployment rate set to increase in 2024 while growing social inequalities raise concerns, says ILO report

Global unemployment rate set to increase in 2024 while growing social inequalities raise concerns, says ILO report

GENEVA (ILO News) – Labour markets have shown surprising resilience despite deteriorating economic conditions, but recovery from the pandemic remains uneven as new vulnerabilities and multiple crises are eroding prospects for greater social justice, according to a new International Labour Organization (ILO) report. The ILO’s World Employment and Social Outlook Trends: 2024 (WESO Trends) finds that both the […]

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ILO: Despite a lower unemployment rate in 2023, recovery of labour markets in Latin America and the Caribbean is still insufficient

LIMA (ILO News).- The labour markets in Latin America and the Caribbean, almost four years after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, show a full recovery in their employment rates. However, these are still characterized by the persistence of gender gaps, youth unemployment, informality, and loss of purchasing power of wages, the ILO Regional Office said […]

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Building Back Better after COVID-19 Necessitates Doing So with Equality and Sustainability: ECLAC

The organization’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, participated in a high-level international event on inequalities and the informal economy during and after the pandemic. (June 9, 2020) The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, emphasized that building back better in the region means building back with equality and […]

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