News on Least developed countries

January 2020

  1. © ILO 2023

    Media advisory

    ILO to launch new report on global employment and social trends

    13 January 2020

October 2019

  1. International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

    New ILO research identifies policies to tackle poverty and inequality

    17 October 2019

    Combining active labour market policies with income support makes both measures more effective in tackling poverty and helping people find decent work, a new report finds.

March 2019

  1. Event

    18th African Regional Seminar for Labour-Based Practitioners

    9 - 13 September 2019

    The theme of this edition is: "Towards sustainable and inclusive local development: local resource-based approaches and decent job creation".

January 2019

  1. Social Protection for Children

    International Conference on Universal Child Grants

    6 - 8 February 2019

    This conference, convened by UNICEF, the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), brings together national governments and policy practitioners, researchers and the international community to explore the arguments and the evidence emerging from the implementation of alternative cash transfer schemes and their implications for Universal Child Grants.

June 2016

  1. Video

    A new market for Sidi Bouzid in Tunisia

    14 June 2016

    The new covered market in the Tunisian town of Sidi Bouzid is expected to create better working conditions for vendors.

  2. 105th International Labour Conference

    ILO Director-General: “ILO sets course to promote decent work in global supply chains, in transition from conflict and crisis and in making poverty history by 2030”

    10 June 2016

    World parliament of labour sets the course for global action to shape the future of work.

December 2015

  1. Event

    Webinar – Fostering investments in African agricultural value chains

    15 December 2015

    This webinar recording features the Africa Agriculture and Trade Investment Fund (AATIF), an innovative public-private partnership initiated by KfW on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), and managed by Deutsche Bank.

March 2015

  1. Partnership

    United States and Viet Nam launch joint programme with ILO to combat child labour

    02 March 2015

    On 4 December 2014, an ILO project was approved to combat child labour in Viet Nam, based on a donation from the United States Department of Labor of US$ 8 million and US$ 1.2 million from the Government of Viet Nam.

December 2014

  1. Partnership

    Germany increases support to the ILO's fight against child labour

    03 December 2014

November 2014

  1. © ILO / Ferry Latief 2023

    ILO study

    Developing countries opting for social protection over fiscal consolidation

    17 November 2014

    An ILO report launched ahead of the meeting of Economic and Social Councils in Seoul, South Korea, points to divergent trends: while many countries are moving towards more fiscal consolidation and less social spending, several developing countries are boldly expanding social protection schemes.