Este One Pager descreve a justificação econômica por trás da promoção de "empregos verdes" e da adoção de uma abordagem de "empregos públicos", a partir das experiências recentes da África do Sul e da Índia.

Public works and public employment programmes (PEPs) have long been considered a staple of social assistance. For the most part, though, they have been designed as ?safety nets? in the context of counter-cyclical programme interventions and responses to shocks. In some cases they have also...

Public works and employment programmes have long been considered a staple of social assistance. For the most part, though, they have been designed as short-term ?safety nets?. While, in some cases, the focus has also been on reducing poverty or addressing structural unemployment challenges,...

In the context of the economic and environmental challenges that the world is facing today, there have been calls for a Global Green New Deal (see, for example, UNEP/ILO/IOE/ITUC, 2008). Such calls have highlighted the employment-creation benefits of ?green? investments, mainly those aimed at...

What can IBSA offer to the global community? It is with this provocative question that IPC-IG reports on the policy dialogue that took place in the Fourth IBSA Academic Forum, which was held on 12-13 April 2010 in Brasilia before the meeting of the heads of state. If IBSA reflects a new power...

This issue of Poverty in Focus brings a set of articles that discuss some of the recent developments and innovations in the social protection area in developing countries. Most invited authors were presenters at the Policy Dialogue, Expert Workshop and South-South Learning Event organised by...