Call for new jobs in developing countries: ILO
Some 430 million new jobs will be required over the next decade to keep pace with a growing labour force, mostly in developing countries, according to United Nations labour agency.
By PTI |
NEW YORK: Some 430 million new jobs will be required over the next decade to keep pace with a growing labour force, mostly in developing countries, according to United Nations labour agency.
"The global economy is not delivering enough decent jobs that people need," International Labour Organization (ILO) Director-General Juan Somavia told the Agency's annual conference.
The ILO chief observed that there was a need to formulate policies for replacing jobless with "job-rich" growth in developing countries.
"Despite the many benefits of globalisation, we see again and again how the dignity of work has been devalued. Economic optimism for some is matched with profound social pessimism for many. This is why we must put in place policies that replace jobless growth with quality, 'job-rich' growth," he said.
Noting that 80 per cent of the world's work force lives in developing countries, he said "job creation challenge comes on top of the pressure of a continuing large-scale shift out of agriculture and rural areas towards cities, pushed by poverty and pulled by the hope of a better job."
The meeting was attended by more than 4,000 delegates representing governments, workers and employers from ILO member states.
The conference is focusing on a wide range of issues, including changing patterns of work, child labour, occupational safety and health, the employment relationship, labour inspection and a review of labour standards in a number of countries.
Identifying the services sector of the economy as a "major growth area for employment", Somavia said the hardware of new technologies was spreading much faster than the skills of the workers to make full use of it.
Stating that six out of 10 workers still lack social protection, the ILO chief said the main challenges facing the global economy were discrimination, migration and an ageing work force.
Somavia cited the final outcome statement of the UN World Summit in September 2005, in which 150 leaders agreed to place full and productive employment and decent work as a central objective of relevant national and international policies.
"This marked an unprecedented leap in global recognition at the highest political level of the relevance and centrality of the ILO's decent work agenda for the entire international community," he said.
"We can mainstream these issues within the UN system," Somavia told the delegates.
"The global economy is not delivering enough decent jobs that people need," International Labour Organization (ILO) Director-General Juan Somavia told the Agency's annual conference.
The ILO chief observed that there was a need to formulate policies for replacing jobless with "job-rich" growth in developing countries.
"Despite the many benefits of globalisation, we see again and again how the dignity of work has been devalued. Economic optimism for some is matched with profound social pessimism for many. This is why we must put in place policies that replace jobless growth with quality, 'job-rich' growth," he said.
Noting that 80 per cent of the world's work force lives in developing countries, he said "job creation challenge comes on top of the pressure of a continuing large-scale shift out of agriculture and rural areas towards cities, pushed by poverty and pulled by the hope of a better job."
The meeting was attended by more than 4,000 delegates representing governments, workers and employers from ILO member states.
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The conference is focusing on a wide range of issues, including changing patterns of work, child labour, occupational safety and health, the employment relationship, labour inspection and a review of labour standards in a number of countries.
Identifying the services sector of the economy as a "major growth area for employment", Somavia said the hardware of new technologies was spreading much faster than the skills of the workers to make full use of it.
Stating that six out of 10 workers still lack social protection, the ILO chief said the main challenges facing the global economy were discrimination, migration and an ageing work force.
Somavia cited the final outcome statement of the UN World Summit in September 2005, in which 150 leaders agreed to place full and productive employment and decent work as a central objective of relevant national and international policies.
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"This marked an unprecedented leap in global recognition at the highest political level of the relevance and centrality of the ILO's decent work agenda for the entire international community," he said.
"We can mainstream these issues within the UN system," Somavia told the delegates.
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