Video interview
Asia Pacific’s Employment and Social Outlook
The latest edition of the ILO’s World Employment and Social Outlook Report is out. Sukti Dasgupta, Head of the ILO's Economic and Social Analysis Unit for Asia Pacific, explains some of the key findings and recommendations for Asia and the Pacific.
What are the report's findings?
This edition of the World Employment and Social Outlook is devoted to the issue of “Transforming Jobs to End Poverty”. It is focused on the central importance of productive employment and decent work in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in particular Goal 1, “ending poverty in all its forms everywhere”.Poverty alleviation
The world has certainly made significant progress in reducing poverty globally, led by the Asia Pacific region. Nevertheless, the gains remain fragile; shocks and crises – economic, social or climate-related, can push many back into poverty.
What are the report's recommendations for the Asia-Pacific region?
The report’s main recommendation is that better quality employment or decent work is a necessary condition for poverty reduction. And this is especially true in the Asia-Pacific region where inspite of good economic growth, a large number of people still have poor quality work, often in the informal economy, and in agriculture, and are still poor.