Category: Economy

GENEVA (ILO News) – Unemployment will continue to rise in the coming years, as the global economy has entered a new period combining slower growth, widening inequalities and turbulence, warns a new ILO report. By 2019, more than 212 million people will be out of work, up from the current 201 million, according to the World Employment and Social Outlook – Trends 2015  (WESO). “More than 61 million jobs have been lost since the start of the global crisis…

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Geneva – January 15th – A new study on the socio-economic impact of the Ebola disease in West Africa published by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) shows that Ebola will have a lasting impact on the economies and people of the countries worst affected – Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. Job losses, rising food prices, agricultural disruptions and sharp drops in the use of health and education services are likely to increase poverty, child and maternal mortality, and…

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