Resources on social finance
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ILO Monitor on the World of Work
Mutually reinforcing crises have worsened the global employment divide
31 May 2023
International cooperation aimed at bolstering jobs and social protection can help tackle growing disparities between high and low-income countries, according to new ILO Monitor on the World of Work.
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ILO Monitor on the World of Work
ILO to release new report on the impact of mutually reinforcing crises on the world of work
25 May 2023
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Annual Meetings of the World Bank and the IMF
Government economic and social policy interventions vital to tackle workplace closures and labour income losses
16 October 2020
As financial constraints increase, large-scale fiscal packages need to be maintained to counter the danger of growing poverty, inequality, joblessness and exclusion, the ILO Director-General Guy Ryder has told the Development Committee of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank at their annual meeting.
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Annual Meetings of the World Bank and the IMF
Restore progress towards attaining the Sustainable Development Goals
15 October 2020
Measures to reduce poverty and widen access to social protection are among a list of COVID-19 recovery priorities outlined by ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, at the virtual annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank. His statement was presented to the International Monetary and Financial Committee.
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Women’s Entrepreneurship Development
01 March 2016
The ILO approach to Women’s Entrepreneurship Development - Sustainable Enterprises
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Microinsurance Innovation Facility: Catalyzing protection of the working poor: Public-Private Partnership
06 October 2015
The ILO’s Microinsurance Innovation Facility was launched in 2008. Generous support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Z Zurich Foundation, and Munich Re has made it possible to dramatically expand the outreach of insurance services to low-income households and enterprises, strengthen insurance providers and ensure that better risk management practices are more widely available.
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Microinsurance Innovation Facility: Catalyzing protection of the working poor: Public-Private Partnership
06 October 2015
The ILO’s Microinsurance Innovation Facility was launched in 2008. Generous support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Z Zurich Foundation, and Munich Re has made it possible to dramatically expand the outreach of insurance services to low-income households and enterprises, strengthen insurance providers and ensure that better risk management practices are more widely available.
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The landscape of microinsurance in Africa
01 October 2009
Microinsurance Innovation Facility - Briefing Note 1