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Present model of globalisation is not working for Africa: ILO
New York, Dec 03: The present model of globalisation is not working for Africa and global policies must change to put jobs at the centre of the development debate in an employment-centered approach to alleviate poverty, the International Labour Organisation has said.
New York, Dec 03: The present model of
globalisation is not working for Africa and global policies
must change to put jobs at the centre of the development
debate in an employment-centered approach to alleviate
poverty, the International Labour Organisation has said.
"The extensive policy advice given to Africa needs a
reality check - a wake-up call," ILO director-general Juan
Somavia told the agency's 10th African Regional Meeting at its
opening session in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital.
"Work is at the heart of the economic, political and social concerns of people. So let's make decent work in all countries the new organising factor for a globalisation that works for all," Somavia added.
He noted that the ILO's decent work agenda has been assumed by its African tripartite constituents as a primary means of dealing with real problems as perceived by individuals, families and communities.
That agenda is rooted in the ILO's core strategic objectives of employment and enterprise creation, basic social protection and social dialogue. The four day meeting brings together governments, workers' and employers' representatives from 53 African states to discuss initiatives to alleviate the plight of the continent's hundreds of millions of impoverished people and in creating more and better employment opportunities.
"Work is at the heart of the economic, political and social concerns of people. So let's make decent work in all countries the new organising factor for a globalisation that works for all," Somavia added.
He noted that the ILO's decent work agenda has been assumed by its African tripartite constituents as a primary means of dealing with real problems as perceived by individuals, families and communities.
That agenda is rooted in the ILO's core strategic objectives of employment and enterprise creation, basic social protection and social dialogue. The four day meeting brings together governments, workers' and employers' representatives from 53 African states to discuss initiatives to alleviate the plight of the continent's hundreds of millions of impoverished people and in creating more and better employment opportunities.