The report analyses poverty in developing countries from the perspective of the lack of opportunities for decent work and social inclusion, Highlighting the barriers people living and working in poverty face in finding and keeping income generating activities that would allow them to earn a decent living, the report sets out a strategy for ensuring that employment is accorded higher priority in national and international efforts to realise the Millennium Development Goals. It details the ILO's portfolio of community-based programmes for job creation and social inclusion. Addressing the challenge of scaling-up these activities, it calls for much greater attention to the governance of the labour market based on fundamental principles and rights at work. Stressing that rights are both an end and means of development, it emphasizes that the political, social and economic empowerment of people living in poverty is essential to raising income levels above the $2 a day level.
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International Labour OFFICE
ISBN-13
9789221128700
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229378482
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Subject Area
Economic Sociology
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Publication Name
Working Out of Poverty: International Labour Conference, 91st Session 2003