WTO members exchanged views on a possible outcome on cotton at the Nairobi Ministerial Conference to be held in December, when they participated in a discussion aimed at enhancing transparency in relation to the trade aspects of cotton on 9 July. They also heard an update on the market (...)
The African cotton producing countries known informally as the “Cotton-4” — Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad and Mali — welcomed at a meeting of WTO members on 9 July the recent increase in development assistance in the cotton sector. But the sector remains vulnerable, they noted, to low prices in the (...)
Gerhard Bosch, Professor of Sociology and Director of the Institute for Work and Skills at the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany, discusses the complex linkages between more flexible employment relationships, social protection, minimum wage setting and collective (...)
Judy Fudge, professor at Kent Law School, United Kingdom, has a closer look at the standard employment relationship and how labour regulation has affected or will affect it in the future.
Luis Alberto Beccaria, professor at the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, explores the impact of a broad informal economy on income stability and how social protection mechanisms can bring decent jobs for all.
Priti Darooka is the founder and executive director of PWESCR (Programme on Women's Economic, Social and Cultural Rights) in India. She discusses innovative approaches to protect vulnerable workers, and more particularly (...)
Ahead of the 13-16 July Financing for Development Conference in Addis-Ababa, Stephen Pursey, Director of the ILO Multilateral Cooperation Department talks about how social protection lifts people out of poverty and leads to healthier, better educated and more productive (...)