Uneven job recovery poses challenges to most countries, UN labour agency reports
International Labour Organization (ILO) Director-General, Guy Ryder.
At development conference in Japan, Ban urges integration of Africa into the global economy
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addresses the fifth Tokyo International Conference on African Development...
Digital jobs offer skills, promise to Africa's unemployed youth
Digital jobs can offer young people their first step towards formal employment.
China: New Leadership Should Address Tiananmen Legacy
Tiananmen Square. June 4th, 1989.
European Central Bank welcomes the introduction of separate Eonia and Euribor panels and encourages banks’ participation
The Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) welcomes Euribor-EBF’s decision to introduce separate Eonia and Euribor panels with a view to encouraging banks to join or re-join the reference rate panels according to their level of activity...
European Commission Readies Bail-In Law To Grab Citizens' Bank Deposits
The EU Commission is currently working on a directive which, if enforced, will create conditions throughout Europe as bad or worse than those in Greece and Cyprus—mass poverty, hunger, and early death. Because in future impending bankruptcies of large...
e-Government in Romania – from ‘Nice-to-Have’ to ‘Must-Have’
The World Bank and the Romanian Ministry for Information Society hosted a workshop entitled “e-Government Transformation: Moving from Nice-to-Have to Must-Have” in Bucharest on May 30th as part of the Bank’s regional work on the Smart Specialization...
IMF Completes Third Review Under Extended Fund Facility Arrangement for Greece, Concludes 2013 Article IV Consultation
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) today completed the third review of Greece’s performance under an economic program supported by an Extended Fund Facility (EFF) arrangement. The completion of this review enables the...
Eco-innovation: EU-funded SMEs demonstrate job creation and green growth
Investment in SMEs working in the area of environmentally innovative technologies is producing above average returns, creating valuable jobs and also alleviating environmental impacts, according to a new report. The performance of young SMEs funded...
Assessment of the Impact of the Clean Technology Fund (CTF) on the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Market in Turkey
CTF loans help increase privately operated renewable energy production and private sector energy efficiency...
