动态1：国际劳工组织知识中心（ILO Knowledge Centre）最新出版物
Social protection
Mongolia : report to the government : assessment of the social security legislation for the ratification of the Social Security (Minimum Standards) Convention, 1952 (No. 102) / International Labour Office, Social Protection Department. Geneva : ILO, 2016. Download here
Education and training
Compilation of assessment studies on technical vocational education and training (TVET) : Lao People's Democratic Republic, Mongolia, the Philippines, Thailand and Viet Nam / ILO DWT for East and South-East Asia and the Pacific. Bangkok : ILO, 2016. Download here
Recruitment and selection
Case studies in the international recruitment of nurses : promising practices in recruitment among agencies in the United Kingdom, India, and the Philippines / edited by Davide Calenda ; International Labour Organization. Bangkok : ILO, 2016. Download here
Production management
Global supply chains in the food industry : insights from the Asia-Pacific region / Stephen Frenkel, Ivanka Mamic and Laura Greene ; International Labour Organization ; ILO DWT for East and South-East Asia and the Pacific. Bangkok : ILO, 2016. Download here
Labour market
Managing labour mobility : opportunities and challenges for employers in the ASEAN region / Tripartite Action for the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers in the ASEAN Region (ASEAN TRIANGLE project), ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific ; International Labour Office, Bureau of Employers Activities (ACT/EMP). Bangkok : ILO, 2016. Download here
Preventing forced labour in the textile and garment supply chains in Viet Nam : guide for trainers / International Labour Organization. Hanoi : ILO, 2016. Download here the English version and Vietnamese version
Preventing forced labour in the textile and garment supply chains in Viet Nam : guide for employers / International Labour Organization. Download here the English version and Vietnamese version
Working conditions
Employment relationships and working conditions in an Ikea rattan supply chain / Lin Lean Lim ; International Labour Office. Jakarta : ILO, 2015. (Call no. 331.25 Li735e) - Download here
Employment relationships and working conditions in an Ikea rattan supply chain : executive summary / Lin Lean Lim ; International Labour Office. Jakarta : ILO, 2015. (Call no. 331.25 Li735e (Summary)) - Download here
Occupational safety and health
Safety and health in for sandstone mine workers / International Labour Office, Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work Branch (FUNDAMENTALS). Geneva : ILO, 2016. Download here
Migration
Global migration : the basics / Bernadette Hanlon and Thomas J. Vicino. Oxon : Routledge, 2014. (Call no. 304.8 Ha241g)
Guide on measuring migration policy impacts in ASEAN / Manolo Abella and Philip Martin ; Tripartite Action for Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers in the ASEAN Region (ASEAN TRIANGLE project), ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific. Bangkok : ILO, 2016. Download here
Review of the government-to-government (G-to-G) mechanism for the employment of Bangladeshi workers in the Malaysian plantation sector : a report prepared for the International Labour Organization (ILO) / By Piyasiri Wickramasekara ; Global Migration Policy Associates (GMPA). Bangkok and Dhaka : GMPA, 2016. Download here
动态2：FAO 联合国粮食与农业组织最新出版物
- Biosecurity guide for live poultry markets
Live poultry markets are an important part of the poultry supply chain in many parts of the world. However, the emergence of avian influenza viruses that can cause severe disease in humans which results from working in or visiting contaminated markets means that some long-standing practices are no longer acceptable. This guide has been produced for live poultry market managers and provides practical options for improving the hygiene and biosecurity of their markets. The guide is structured as a series of questions based on real-life situations and problems. It also contains information on appropriate ways to decontaminate markets and the equipment and vehicles that enter markets. It does not provide a ‘one-size-fits-all’ solution for markets given that these vary from large wholesale markets with a daily throughput of tens of thousands of poultry to small roadside or village markets that operate once or twice per week. Instead, this guide offers a menu of options that can be used to find cost-effective solutions for any type of market. A shift is already occurring away from live bird sales to centralized slaughter, but while live poultry markets continue to operate it is imperative that those that remain are managed in a way that reduces the risk of infection of poultry and humans with avian influenza viruses. This guide will help market managers to achieve this goal.
English Version Download link：www.fao.org/3/a-i5029e.pdf
- Voluntary guidelines to support the integration of genetic diversity into national climate change adaptation planning
The guidelines take account of the characteristics of different genetic resources for food and agriculture which face different challenges and opportunities in respect to climate change. The objectives of the guidelines are to promote the use of genetic resources for food and agriculture in climate change adaptation and support their integration into national climate change adaptation planning; to support the genetic resources experts and those involved in climate change adaptation to identify and address the challenges and opportunities of genetic resources for food and agriculture in adaptation; and to promote the involvement of genetic resources stakeholders in the national climate change adaptation planning process. The guidelines follow the structure and approach of the technical guidelines for the National Adaptation Plan process prepared by the Least Developed Countries Expert Group of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The process involves four main elements in each of which a number of steps are proposed.
English Version Download link：www.fao.org/3/a-i4940e.pdf
FPMA Bulletin ：Monthly Report on Food Price Trends
International prices of wheat and maize generally declined in November and were lower than a year earlier. Overall, ample global supplies and weak export demand weighed on quotations. The FAO Rice Price Index remained on a decreasing trend, influenced by declines in Japonica and Aromatic rice prices. In Southern Africa, maize prices rose further in November and doubled their year-earlier levels in some markets, reflecting tight market supplies due to a sharp subregional production decline in 2015. Dry conditions affecting the start of the 2016 crop season and a general depreciation of domestic currencies in the subregion added to upward pressure on prices. In East Africa, significant cereal price increases were observed in most countries of the subregion in November. Prices reached exceptionally high levels in South Sudan, due to the current economic downturn, as well as in Uganda and the United Republic of Tanzania, as a result of sustained regional demand and reduced harvests this year. In the Caribbean, below-average harvests due to prolonged dry weather associated with the El Niño phenomenon underpinned prices in November. In Haiti, prices of domestically-produced maize and beans were well above those of a year earlier, while in the Dominican Republic prices of beans were some 40 percent higher than at the same time last year。
English Version Download link： www.fao.org/3/a-bc266e.pdf
动态3： ADB亚洲开发银行最新出版物
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Inclusive businesses can promote women's economic empowerment, but not every inclusive business will empower women. Why is that? Looking at the portfolios of ADB, Inter-American Development Bank, and International Finance Corporation, this report assesses the extent to which their 104 investments in inclusive businesses are women-inclusive.
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Can microfinance strengthen the resilience of communities at risk of natural disasters? This analysis of the economic recovery of over 4,000 households in the Philippines affected by Typhoon Haiyan looks at how microfinance can help in seven key areas before and after natural disasters, and provides recommendations for future financial disaster risk management solutions.
Nonbanking financial institutions (NBFIs) serve as a viable option to banks by providing financial services to boost economic activity. This handbook provides guidance to NBFIs on how to manage risks associated with money laundering and the financing of terrorism. It includes procedures that need to be implemented to ensure compliance with national and international requirements.
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In order for India to sustain its growth momentum and translate economic gains into welfare improvements, it must accelerate its manufacturing-based industrial development. This book intends to aid policymakers in understanding economic corridor development strategy that India is pursuing in its quest to spur manufacturing and create decent jobs. It can also be a useful guide for other South Asian economies in their economic corridor initiatives.
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Advancing Asia: IMF Publications News, June 2016
IMF Staff Completes 2016 Article IV Mission to China
A mission from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), led by Mr. James Daniel, Assistant Director of the Asia and Pacific Department, visited Beijing, Shanghai and Inner Mongolia from June 1 to 14 to conduct discussions on the annual Article IV review of the Chinese economy. The mission held highly constructive and candid discussions with senior officials from the government, the People’s Bank of China, private sector representatives, and academics to exchange views on economic prospects, reforms progress and challenges, and policy responses.
The IMF's First Deputy Managing Director, Mr. David Lipton, joined the final policy discussions and met with Vice Premier Ma Kai, People’s Bank of China Governor Zhou Xiaochuan, Director of the Office of the Leading Group on Economic and Financial Affairs Liu He, Minister of Finance Lou Jiwei, China Banking Regulatory Commission Chairman Shang Fulin , among other senior officials.
At the end of the visit, Mr. Lipton made the following remarks:
“China continues its transition to a sustainable growth path and is making progress on many dimensions of rebalancing. The success of this transition, while difficult and bumpy at times as we have witnessed over the past year, is crucial for China and the rest of the world. Our discussions this week in Beijing focused on the policies needed for achieving the transition and the urgency of implementing such policies.
“The Chinese authorities are fully aware of the challenges they face and have made clear, including in various policy announcements and the latest 5-year plan, their intent to transform China’s economy to a ‘new normal’. Their strategy rightly aims at boosting consumption, expanding the service sector, protecting the environment, further opening up the economy, expanding public services, reducing poverty, and carrying forward state-owned enterprise (SOE) reforms. Overall, reforms across a spectrum of key areas have advanced impressively. Yet progress has also been uneven. We see significant advances on switching from industry to services, but less on tackling credit growth; and there has been substantial liberalization of financial markets but less improvement in governance and hardening SOE budget constraints. As a result, vulnerabilities are still rising and the buffers to deal with shocks are eroding. This calls for more urgency in the implementation of reforms.
“The near-term growth outlook has turned more buoyant due to recent policy support. The medium-term outlook, however, is more uncertain due to rapidly rising credit, structural excess capacity, and the increasingly large, opaque, and interconnected financial sector.
“Addressing these vulnerabilities and ensuring the transition to more robust, sustainable, medium-term growth requires decisively implementing a pro-active and comprehensive policy package in a number of areas.
“Corporate debt, though still manageable, is high and rising fast. Addressing the corporate debt problem is imperative to avoid serious problems down the road. A comprehensive plan and concrete actions are needed to harden budget constraints, especially on SOEs, restructure or liquidate weak firms, recognize and allocate losses, address the associated social costs, and facilitate market entry. Given the wide-ranging challenges involved in addressing these issues, we see merit in establishing a well-staffed group with a clear mandate to promote and implement practical restructurings of SOEs and to address the associated banking consequences, building on the plans for the coal and steel sectors already underway.
“The moderate slowdown in growth is a natural result of China’s necessary transition. Macro policies should be consistent with lowering vulnerabilities and allowing growth to settle at a sustainable level—around 6 percent in 2017. Credit growth needs to slow substantially to stabilize the credit/GDP ratio. Off-budget investment spending should be switched to on-budget measures that support rebalancing and reforms. Key fiscal reforms will include aligning local government revenue and spending responsibilities, expanding social security, implementing the new budget law and modernizing the tax system to make it more progressive. Substantially raising taxes on fossil fuel and pollution (e.g., a carbon or coal tax) would also help make growth greener and raise revenue. Set at an appropriate rate, for example, a tax on coal would significantly reduce local air pollution and could prevent 4-5 million premature deaths by 2030.
“Guarding against risks in the increasingly complex financial system requires action on multiple fronts. We see a clear need to address this issue in a more coordinated manner across regulators and markets. Specific actions that can be taken include boosting bank buffers, proactively recognizing potential losses, and strengthening funding resilience for both bank and other financial institutions. Efforts to rein in risks in the proliferation of shadow products should continue.
“The renminbi exchange rate is becoming more flexible and market-based, following changes introduced since last year. The mission encourages the authorities to continue this progress, with a goal of achieving an effective float within the next couple of years. While the external position remains moderately stronger compared to the level consistent with medium-term fundamentals, the renminbi is assessed as broadly in line with fundamentals, similar to our assessment in last year’s Article 4 consultation.
“The Chinese authorities have made progress in improving data and communicating policies to markets and the public. We encourage the authorities to continue their efforts to bridge the remaining substantial data gaps particularly on national accounts and government finances. Communications should play a more important role in clarifying the authorities ’policy intentions, reducing uncertainties, and aligning expectations. Continued and improved efforts in this area will help China manage the historic transition underway.
“China stands at a crucial juncture in its development path. Given its record of successful reforms over the past 3 ½ decades, and the authorities’ strong commitment to their ambitious reform agenda, we are confident that China will, once again, find its way through the challenges ahead, and we wish them the best of success in their efforts.
“We would also like to express our sincere appreciation to the Chinese authorities for their hospitality and productive discussions in the last two weeks.”
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IMF Survey Magazine: In the News
Global Economy Faltering from Too Slow Growth for Too Long
April 12, 2016
- Global growth forecast at 3.2 percent this year, picking up to 3.5 percent in 2017
- Financial risks prominent, together with geopolitical shocks, political discord
- Need for three-pronged approach spanning structural, fiscal, monetary measures
Global growth continues, but at a sluggish pace that leaves the world economy more exposed to risks, says the IMF’s latest World Economic Outlook (WEO).
The WEO forecasts global growth at 3.2 percent in 2016 and 3.5 percent in 2017, a downward revision of 0.2 percent and 0.1 percent, respectively, compared with the January 2016 Update
In a recent speech, IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde warned that the recovery remains too slow, too fragile, with the risk that persistent low growth can have damaging effects on the social and political fabric of many countries.
“Lower growth means less room for error,” said Maurice Obstfeld, IMF Economic Counsellor and Director of Research. “Persistent slow growth has scarring effects that themselves reduce potential output and with it, demand and investment,” he added.
The current diminished outlook calls for an immediate, proactive response, Obstfeld noted. To support global growth, he emphasized, there is a need for a more potent policy mix—a three-pronged policy approach based on structural, fiscal, and monetary policies.
“If national policymakers were to clearly recognize the risks they jointly face and act together to prepare for them, the positive effects on global confidence could be substantial,” Obstfeld added.
