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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781442003321

Titolo

2009 labour overview [[electronic resource] ] : Latin America and the Caribbean

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Geneva, : International Labour Office, 2009

ISBN

92-2-123196-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (120 p.)

Collana

ILO news, , 1020-3923

Disciplina

338.98

Soggetti

Labor - Latin America

Labor - Caribbean Area

Working class - Latin America

Working class - Caribbean Area

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Published also in Spanish, Panorama Laboral 2009, AmeĢrica Latina y el Caribe.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title page; Copyright information; CONTENTS; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Executive Summary; LABOUR REPORT Impact of the Global Crisis on Employment in Latin America and the Caribbean. Outlook for 2010.; The Global Economic Context; Economic Growth and Unemployment in the World's Leading Economies; Crisis and Economic Slowdown in the Region in 2009; Economic and Employment Forecasts for 2010; The Labour Market in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2009; BOX ARTICLES; Challenges for Decent Work in the Crisis: Underemployment and Informal Employment

Decent Work and Human Development in Central America and the Dominican RepublicRecent Economic and Labour Market Trends in the Caribbean; ECONOMIC CRISIS AND EMPLOYMENT: Lessons Learned from the Responses of Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean; Introduction; Employment policies to face the crisis; Policy advances and lessons learned from the Crisis; EXPLANATORY NOTE; STATISTICAL ANNEX; Back cover

Sommario/riassunto

""This edition of Labour Overview 2009 is special because it runs through the complex arena of international crisis and its impact on employment in our region, and also contains some estimates of what might happen this year in the labour market"". (Jean Maninat, Regional



Director)