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Recent publications

1. 

   Youth voices from Asia and the Pacific

   18 May 2012

   Between December 2011 and May 2012, the ILO has consulted young people from around the globe to gather their inputs to an International Youth Forum in Geneva, ahead of the 101st International Labour Conference for which a key focus is youth employment. As part of this global process, 13 national youth employment consultation events took place in Asia and the Pacific. This report summarises the key messages brought by young people and policy makers.

2. Regional Trade Agreements and domestic labour market regulation

   11 May 2012

   Employment Working Paper No. 120

3. Strategies for unions to provide benefits and financial services to workers: Experiences in the United States

   08 May 2012

   Employment Working Paper No. 121

4. Global Employment Outlook, April 2012 projections

   27 April 2012

   The global jobs challenge has worsened since the beginning of 2012. New projections indicate that globally 202 million people will be seeking a job this year.

5. Globalization, trade unions and labour standards in the North

   26 April 2012

   Employment Working Paper No. 119

6. 

   Start and Improve Your Business - Global Tracer Study 2011

   15 April 2012

   This study traces the outreach of the "Start and Improve Your Business" (SIYB) programme and some other key achievements, including estimates of its impact. The report has been prepared for practitioners in enterprise development who want to use SIYB, as well as any other organization or individual engaged in entrepreneurship and management training.

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   Protecting the Poor: A microinsurance compendium. Vol. II

   10 April 2012

   Offering a synthesis of new trends and practices in the growing market of microinsurance, this volume will be an invaluable resource for policy-makers and practitioners alike.

8. Preferential Trade Agreements and the Labour Market

   05 April 2012

   Employment Working Paper No. 117