
EPAF blog series
Employment in Focus
A series of short, data-rich articles that brings together cutting-edge analysis and evidence-based solutions on topics of global relevance affecting the world of work.
The fast moving, complex world of work demands timely, efficient and comprehensive employment policies.
- Has the Covid-19 recovery been even?
- Would AI augment jobs or create new ones?
- Has there been progress in bridging the gender gap in employment and inequalities?
- How do we grow while ensuring that the growth is equal?
There's a myriad of questions. With the new Employment in Focus series, we aim to answer them through cutting-edge analysis and evidence-based solutions. We deep dive into different themes: from digitalization to green jobs, from migration to gender mainstreaming.

How to adapt labour markets to changing demographics

As ageing populations and youth unemployment present interconnected challenges for labour markets, Dorothea Schmidt-Klau explores the need for a holistic, intergenerational employment policy framework

Reflecting on Brazil’s G20 Presidency: Tackling poverty, inequality and financing challenges

Kee Beom Kim, ILO Macro-Economic and Employment Policies Specialist, reflects on the G20 Brazilian Presidency’s initiatives to tackle the challenges of poverty, employment, inequality and financing.

How to make productive and full employment a reality in an uncertain and complex world?

Employment recovery from the pandemic has been slow, uneven, and divided. Sangheon Lee writes about the current labour market estimates and how to pave the way towards full & productive employment.
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