globalization

Links between globalization, human development stressed in new UN report on South Asia

28 March 2002
Despite the promises of globalization, about half a billion people in South Asia experienced a decline in their incomes during the '90s, compared to only a small minority of the educated urban population that benefited from the region's economic growth, according to a new United Nations report on development in the area.

ILO panel looks at ways to expand benefits of globalization

25 March 2002
Meeting just days after the conclusion of a landmark United Nations conference in Mexico that reached important decisions on fighting poverty, officials from around the world gathered in Geneva today to seek ways of making sure that the benefits of globalization are shared equally in all parts of the planet.

UN labour agency convenes expert panel on reducing globalization’s inequities

22 March 2002
Against a backdrop of heightened concern over the link between international security and economic development, the United Nations International Labour Organization (ILO) today announced plans to host a meeting on combating the inequities caused by globalization.