Eradicating poverty calls for the coordination of policies that focus on different dimensions of the life of people living in poverty. The value of the decent work approach lies in the fact that, by focusing on how to create the conditions in which people can build sustainable livelihoods for themselves, it encourages policy integration. This is vital if the political commitment symbolized by the adoption of the Millennium Declaration is to connect to local communities through practical measures addressing the barriers that trap people into cycles of poverty.
By facilitating constructive dialogue at national level, the decent work approach brings out key policy issues where economic and social policies need to be aligned to the objectives of poverty eradication. It also provides a framework for international strategies that recognize the specific needs of developing countries within an agenda of reform of the international architecture for the governance of globalization.
Poverty is not just a problem for the poor. The goal of a stable world economy is only possible if the productivity and consumer power of all its citizens are released. Increasingly intense competition for restricted markets threatens to create ever more frequent cycles of boom and bust that reward predatory or speculative behaviour rather than productive investment. A successful drive to raise the consuming power of the majority of the world’s population, particularly those on the lowest incomes, is fundamental to the broadening and deepening of markets.
Political and social stability is similarly hard to envision if a large proportion of the world’s population not only is currently excluded from the increasingly visible benefits of economic integration but also sees little or no opportunity of ever participating in a system that appears discriminatory and unfair. Increased expenditure on preserving law and order nationally and internationally, without investing in tackling the roots of the tensions caused by social injustice, is not an adequate response to growing security concerns.
The world community is preoccupied with containing risks of a breakdown of stability and security. These risks cannot be ignored. However, overcoming these dangers requires a vision of the potential of increased international cooperation for shared objectives. The goal of decent work is a basic aspiration of individuals, families, communities and nations with widely varying histories and cultures. It is a cause that unifies and pulls people together in collaborative endeavour. Furthermore, it is a dream that can be made a reality by step-by-step progress that builds confidence and trust in our capacity to organize the way we work to make full use of people’s capabilities.
The ILO is committed to playing a decisive role in organizing a new approach to working out of poverty. We need a global system that is working to end poverty by enabling people to enjoy the freedom to work in conditions of equity, security and human dignity. This Report aims to develop an agenda for the community of work represented by the ILO’s tripartite constituency to mobilize its considerable resources in the service of the concerted global drive to reduce and eradicate poverty.
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International Labour Organization
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As the world's only tripartite
multilateral agency, the ILO is dedicated
to bringing decent work and livelihoods,
job-related security and better living
standards to the people of both poor and
rich countries. It helps to attain those
goals by promoting rights at work,
encouraging opportunities for decent
employment, enhancing social protection
and strengthening dialogue on work-related
issues.
The ILO is the international meeting place
for the world of work. We are the experts
on work and employment and particularly on
the critical role that these issues play
in bringing about economic development and
progress. At the heart of our mission is
helping countries build the institutions
that are the bulwarks of democracy and to
help them become accountable to the
people.
The ILO formulates international labour
standards in the form of Conventions and
Recommendations setting minimum standards
of basic labour rights: freedom of
association, the right to organize,
collective bargaining, abolition of forced
labour, equality of opportunity and
treatment and other standards addressing
conditions across the entire spectrum of
work-related issues.
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