New thinking on rural employment is needed to create more and better rural jobs
* Growth in agriculture is essential, and growth in the rural non-farm economy is especially important.
* Job prospects improve as education, skills, health and early nutrition levels rise.
* Rural-urban migration (whether temporary or permanent) opens new opportunities and also helps tighten rural labour markets.
* With rising productivity and wages, it becomes easier to push for better labour standards, to end to child labour and correct gender inequalities.
This briefing on the day of the launch of the 2007 Commitment to Development Index provided an opportunity to discuss the 2007 results with the Index designers and key figures from the UK and international policy arenas.
Agricultural work in Tanzania
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two years the Future Agricultures Consortium has been investigating how to do translate themes into practical policy, primarily in Ethiopia, Kenya and Malawi. This series of meetings will present the results of this work.
The study seeks to understand key determinants of sustainable reintegration of Internally Displaced Persons and refugees returning to Southern Sudan and the Three Areas and the role of different actors in achieving this goal.
At this ODI event, the findings of a new HPG report: 'Remittances during crises - Implications for humanitarian response' was presented. This was followed by presentations from Anna Lindley and Helen Young, both of whom contributed to the report by providing country case studies on Darfur and Somalia respectively.
International Migrants Day, on the 18th of December, is usually marked by a number of international events to highlight the role of migrant workers in today’s globalised economy and draw attention to improving labour standards.