Breaking the cycle of poverty involves creating new cycles of opportunity and local wealth creation. The ILO is developing an agenda for the community of work, represented by its tripartite constituents, to mobilize their considerable resources to create those opportunities and to help reduce and eradicate poverty. Poverty is not just a problem for the poor. World political and social stability and security is difficult to envision if such large numbers of people continue to be trapped in cycles of poverty or see few opportunities in a global system that seems discriminatory and unfair.
Poverty
Economic and social development
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Key resources
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Working out of Poverty: Director-General's report - [pdf 377 KB]
Focuses on the working poor and the poor who are excluded from work. Shows the "decent work dividends" that accrue to families and societies as a whole through a concerted effort to attack poverty. (Report) -
Poverty Reduction Strategies
Background of the initiatives and list of useful resources. (Web page)
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Growth, employment and poverty reduction in Indonesia - Buy now
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Guide to the new Millennium Development Goals Employment indicators : including the full decent work indicator set - [pdf 1885 KB]
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03 June 2009 - (Audio)