Thursday, January 24, 2008
[IWS] ILO: GLOBAL EMPLOYMENT TRENDS 2008 [23 January 2008]
IWS Documented News Service
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
ILO
GLOBAL EMPLOYMENT TRENDS 2008 [23 January 2008]
http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---dcomm/documents/publication/wcms_090106.pdf
[full-text, 60 pages]
Press Release
http://www.ilo.org/global/About_the_ILO/Media_and_public_information/Press_releases/lang--en/WCMS_090085/index.htm
Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1. Global employment situation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2. Sub-Saharan Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
3. North Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
4. Middle East . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
5. Latin America and the Caribbean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
6. East Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
7. South-East Asia and the Pacifi c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
8. South Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
9. Central and South-Eastern Europe (non-EU) & CIS . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
10. Developed Economies and European Union . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
11. Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Appendix 1. Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Appendix 2. Key regional labour market indicators and policy issues . . . . . 47
Appendix 3. Regional groupings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Figures
Figure 1. Global employment and unemployment trends, 1997-2007 . . . . . 10
Figure 2. Regional shares in worldwide net job creation in 2007 . . . . . . . . 10
Figure 3. Sectoral employment shares (%) in the world, 1997 to 2007 . . . . 12
Figure 4a. Labour Productivity measured as output per person employed in world regions, levels 1997 to 2007 . . . . 13
Figure 4b. Labour Productivity measured as output per person employed in world regions, percentage change in comparison to 1997 . . . . . 13
Figure 5. Employment-to-population ratios, female and male, world and regions, 1997 and 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Figure 6. Unemployment rates total and youth, world and regions, 2007 . . 26
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
ILO
GLOBAL EMPLOYMENT TRENDS 2008 [23 January 2008]
http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---dcomm/documents/publication/wcms_090106.pdf
[full-text, 60 pages]
Press Release
http://www.ilo.org/global/About_the_ILO/Media_and_public_information/Press_releases/lang--en/WCMS_090085/index.htm
Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1. Global employment situation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2. Sub-Saharan Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
3. North Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
4. Middle East . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
5. Latin America and the Caribbean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
6. East Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
7. South-East Asia and the Pacifi c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
8. South Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
9. Central and South-Eastern Europe (non-EU) & CIS . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
10. Developed Economies and European Union . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
11. Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Appendix 1. Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Appendix 2. Key regional labour market indicators and policy issues . . . . . 47
Appendix 3. Regional groupings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Figures
Figure 1. Global employment and unemployment trends, 1997-2007 . . . . . 10
Figure 2. Regional shares in worldwide net job creation in 2007 . . . . . . . . 10
Figure 3. Sectoral employment shares (%) in the world, 1997 to 2007 . . . . 12
Figure 4a. Labour Productivity measured as output per person employed in world regions, levels 1997 to 2007 . . . . 13
Figure 4b. Labour Productivity measured as output per person employed in world regions, percentage change in comparison to 1997 . . . . . 13
Figure 5. Employment-to-population ratios, female and male, world and regions, 1997 and 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Figure 6. Unemployment rates total and youth, world and regions, 2007 . . 26
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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