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Preface: Working Out of Poverty
Written by: International Labour OrganizationArticle Overview: This is my third opportunity to offer the Director-General’s Report to the International Labour Conference. The first, Decent work,revisited our mandate, interpreted it and defined our mission for the world of today, based on ILO values. You subscribed to the agenda we set out, which affirmed that the ILO had to be concerned with all workers, including those beyond the formal labour market.
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Preface: Working Out of Poverty
This is my third opportunity to offer the Director-General’s Report to
the International Labour Conference. The first,
Decent work,
revisited our
mandate, interpreted it and defined our mission for the world of today,
based on ILO values. You subscribed to the agenda we set out, which affirmed
that the ILO had to be concerned with all workers, including those
beyond the formal labour market.
My second Report,
Reducing the decent work deficit,
examined the gap
between people’s aspirations about work and the reality. I identified the decent
work deficit as a measure of that gap between the world we work in and
the hopes that people have for a better life. That Report observed that, for
many, decent work is the quality road to poverty reduction and greater legitimacy
of the global economy. This year’s Report zeroes in on that theme. It
focuses on the working poor and the poor who are excluded from work.
It shows the “decent work dividends” that accrue to families and societies as
a whole through a concerted effort to attack poverty.
Chapter 1 crystallizes my thoughts, commitments and ideas on this vital
issue. We have a rich historic mandate that calls us to the challenge of fighting
poverty. Our experience on the ground is bringing that mandate to life
throughout the world. And we face common challenges as we join with
others to provide women and men with the tools and support to work out of
poverty. Chapter 1 is my personal exploration of these key issues.
The subsequent chapters are more technical in nature, providing an indepth
and detailed account of the various dimensions of ILO efforts to eradicate
poverty. Chapter 2 focuses on the complexity of poverty and the cycle
of disadvantage that it creates. Chapter 3 describes ILO action on the ground
and tools in the fight against poverty. Chapter 4 examines how rights at work
and the institutional structure of the informal and formal labour market relate
to employment creation, poverty reduction and competitiveness in a global
economy. Finally, Chapter 5 discusses the need for a coordination of
policies that focus on different dimensions of the life of people living in
poverty.
We know that work is the best route out of poverty. But one cannot
legislate employment in and poverty out. It is a long and complex process
that requires all elements of society to work together. Governments, employers
and workers each have a unique and crucial role to play in defining
a positive consensus. I invite you to emerge from this International Labour
Conference with a renewed tripartite commitment to helping free people
and societies from the global poverty trap. Tripartism is our strength and
unique contribution. Together, let us take the next and needed step on the
road out of poverty and to decent work for all.
April 2003 Juan Somavia
1.5 Skills development for sustainable livelihoods: Working Out of Poverty
1.19 Building trust: Working Out of Poverty
1.0 Overview: Working Out of Poverty
IV. Introduction - MICROFINANCE IN AFRICA: THE MODEL
1.9 Building local development through cooperatives: Working Out of Poverty
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