WASHINGTON DC, January 6, 2023 – Reduced working hours and more flexible working time arrangements, such as those used during the COVID-19 crisis, can benefit economies, enterprises and workers, and lay the ground for a better and more healthy work-life balance, according ...
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AI Can Enable a New Era in Manufacturing Sector
WASHINGTON DC, December 12, 2022 – Artificial intelligence can enable a new era in the digital transformation journey for industry, offering new opportunities as well as challenges. A new white paper, published by the World Economic Forum together with the Centre ...
Read More »A new kind of global recession: Why this time is different
The global economy is at an inflection point. The IMF projects that a third of the world economy will be in recession next year. War in Europe, a slowdown in China and soaring inflation have contributed to widespread pessimism around ...
Read More »Global Economic Outlook 2023
The outlook for the global economy looks very bleak, with weak growth, high inflation and an end to the era of free money. But how bad will growth get and when will inflation start to fall? And beyond the most ...
Read More »Tripartite meeting of experts on decent work in the platform economy
10 – 14 October 2022. Taking into account the programme of meetings approved for 2022 and further to consultations held with the tripartite constituents, the ILO Governing Body agreed that the meeting of experts on decent work in the platform ...
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