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Jobs and Growth: Can't Have One Without the Other?

Min Zhu | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: United Kingdom, France, Netherlands, New Zealand, Jobs, Spain, United States, Italy, Cyprus, Iceland, Ilo, Unemployment, Greece, International Labor Organization, Economic Crisis, Imf, Economic Growth, Business News
Min Zhu

The news on the jobs front, unfortunately, remains grim. Why isn't the jobs picture better? Quite simply, it's because the growth picture isn't very good.

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Reflections From A Trip To Asia

Rev. Seamus P. Finn, OMI | Posted 04.15.2012

Read More: Ilo, Tea Estate, Burma, Communist Party, Cambodia, Vitnam War, Land Mines, Bangladesh, Thailand, China, Bangkok, Asia, Religion News
Rev. Seamus P. Finn, OMI

During a recent trip to Southeast Asia the lives of some hidden communities and new considerations and issues came to my attention that relate to our ...

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The World's Worst Child Labor Offenders

Posted 01.05.2012

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Where in the world are children forced to work in dangerous conditions, often toiling at the expense of receiving education and basic freedoms? The...

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The Western Disease

Laura Kiss | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ilo, Italy, Unemployment, Young, Labour, World News
Laura Kiss

According to the ILO (International Labour Organization), in the last 2 years world-wide, more than 34 million jobs were lost due to the global financ...

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The Challenge of Arab Unemployment -- An Issue We Must Not Ignore!

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Yvonne R. Davis

While the problem of unemployment in the Arab world seems insurmountable, there are a number of initiatives being implemented and proffered in the region to begin to put a dent in the problem.

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Babu's Story: A Child Worker In The Shipyards Of Bangladesh

Sandy Tolan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sandy Tolan

For many of the children here, the idea that they shouldn't work is an entirely foreign concept. Despite laws in Bangladesh restricting child labor, the reality is starkly different.

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