IFC: What Does It Take to Create Jobs?
By Roland Michelitsch, Manager and Leader of IFC’s Jobs Study, International Finance Corporation (IFC) With so many young workers joining the labor force, more than 600 million jobs must be created by the end of the decade just to maintain today’s employment levels. The vast majority—90 percent, by most estimates—must come from the private sector. […]
Improving the lives of workers and producers through global value chains – what are some of the necessary conditions?
Dr Stephanie Barrientos, Capturing the Gains, Brooks World Poverty Institute, University of Manchester We are all aware of companies in the North that source in developing countries. For decades, campaign groups have put them under pressure for poor working conditions in their global value chains. But what happens when the lead firms in those global […]
Anglo American's Socio-Economic Assessment Toolbox in Action: Nickel – Local workforce development and community livelihood support
Barro Alto is a nickel mine and associated smelter located near the small town of Barro Alto in Brazil’s Goiás State. Since 2006, Anglo American has been supporting local training and capacity building, in partnership with local NGOs and government organisations, to enable local communities to obtain the skills required to be employable at the […]
Anglo American's Socio-Economic Assessment Toolbox
Anglo American is committed to making a lasting positive contribution to the communities associated with its operations, and to being a partner of choice for host governments and communities, as well as an employer of choice. The effective management of social issues is a necessary element of good overall operational management, and a source of […]
Realising Everyone’s Potential to Work their Way out of Poverty
Two weeks ago I went to Bosnia, the latest country to join lendwithcare.org – CARE International UK’s leading new micro-lending website. Landing in Sarajevo 19 years after I was last there during the war, I was quite surprised to see a lot of buildings and infrastructure are still in the same poor condition as they […]