ILO brings its social justice message to the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development.
Stories & Blogs ILO (News )The ILO Director-General will lead the Organization’s participation at the Conference, highlighting the importance of decent jobs and universal social protection for sustainable development.
At UN Ocean Conference, IFAD advocates to boost innovative finance for coastal communities to protect the world’s oceans.
Stories & Blogs IFAD (News )Governments, multilateral organizations and private sector actors must urgently scale-up innovative ways to drive finance to small-scale fishermen and coastal communities.
African ministers convene in Zambia to tackle labour informality
Stories & Blogs ILO (News )The 51st African Regional Labour Administration Centre (ARLAC) Governing Council Meeting for Ministers Responsible for Labour/ Employment/ Manpower issues in Africa and High-Level Symposium on ‘Innovative approaches to tackling informality and promoting t
Mind the Gap: Bridging the AI divide will ensure an equitable future for all
Stories & Blogs ILO (News )In a joint report, the ILO and the UN Office of the Secretary General’s Envoy on Technology warn that without international action, the AI revolution could widen the gap between high and low-income countries.
Mind the Gap: Bridging the AI divide will ensure an equitable future for all
Stories & Blogs ILO (News )In a joint report, the ILO and the UN Office of the Secretary General’s Envoy on Technology warn that without international action, the AI revolution could widen the gap between high and low-income countries.
Number of youth not in employment, education, or training (NEET) a cause for concern, despite falling jobless rate
Stories & Blogs ILO (News )Number of youth not in employment, education, or training (NEET) a cause for concern, despite falling jobless rate
Solutions to hunger exist. What we are lacking is finance
Stories & Blogs IFAD (News )Hunger is not driven by a lack of food or an inability to grow it. Instead, it is primarily caused by conflict, climate change and economic fluctuations.
Major step in CAFI-Cameroon partnership: First $20 million project approved to support transition to deforestation-free agroecological practices
Stories & Blogs IFAD (News )A first US$20 million project funded by the Central Africa Forest Initiative (CAFI) will support Cameroon’s small-scale cocoa and coffee producers adapt to the new European Union (EU) regulations
Africa Fertilizer and Soil Health Summit: A Catalyst for Change in African Agriculture
Stories & Blogs IFAD (News )The African continent loses a staggering US$4 billion worth of soil nutrients annually due to erosion. This loss affects over 485 million people and threatens food security.
Five things you need to know about El Niño-induced drought in Southern Africa
Stories & Blogs IFAD (News )Urgent action is needed to save the lives and livelihoods of millions of people in Southern Africa, many of whom are in the grip of the region’s worst drought in 100 years.