The Challenge of Rural Poverty

The Challenge of Rural Poverty
Author: World Employment Programme
Publisher:
Total Pages: 64
Release: 1981
Genre: Social Science
ISBN:

ILO pub-wep pub. WEP progress report describing research programme orientations and comprising a literature survey of publications of the ILO rural employment policies branch - covers determinant of rural area poverty, agrarian structure and land tenure, role of rural women in rural development, rural migration problems, etc. Bibliography pp. 43 to 51.

Global Wage Report 2020-21

Global Wage Report 2020-21
Author: INTERNATIONAL LABOUR OFFICE.
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2020-12-02
Genre:
ISBN: 9789220319482

This ILO flagship report examines the evolution of real wages around the world, giving a unique picture of wage trends globally and by region. The 2020-21 edition analyses the relationship of minimum wages and inequality, as well as the wage impacts of the COVID-19 crisis. The 2020-21 edition also reviews minimum wage systems across the world and identifies the conditions under which minimum wages can reduce inequality. The report presents comprehensive data on levels of minimum wages, their effectiveness, and the number and characteristics of workers paid at or below the minimum. The report highlights how adequate minimum wages, statutory or negotiated, can play a key role in a human-centred recovery from the crisis