The COVID-19 pandemic put downward pressure on wages. Research from the International Labour Organisation charts a decline in the level and growth rate of average wages in many countries ...
The COVID-19 pandemic has ushered in a new normal for millions of working people worldwide, characterized by a sense of previously unmatched flexibility. When this public health emergency...
The world lost more than 400 million full-time jobs due to the pandemic, according to the International Labour Organization (ILO). At this point it is hard to say whether, and when, these...
The Fourth Industrial Revolution is set to transform manufacturing operations, and leading manufacturers are revising their operations in ways that can serve as beacons for others. The gr...
In just one year, spurred by a global pandemic, the world has undergone a dramatic change, marked by widespread and systematic changes to how we live and work. However, as countries aroun...
Hiroki Hiramatsu, Head of Global HR at Fujitsu, can pinpoint the moment he realised hybrid work was here to stay. In late February 2020 an internal survey found more than 74% of the firm’...
As some countries begin to pull out of pandemic-induced lockdown, and the corporate engines of “return to the office” begin to whir, an open question hangs: What kind of jobs will people ...
The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic have brutally exposed the fault lines in the global economy, with large parts of the world’s workforce trapped in precarious and insecure work. On top...
Governments and development partners have long used economic inclusion programs as part of their anti-poverty efforts. These interventions are key to helping the poorest and vulnerable p...
The highly asymmetric impact of the pandemic has reinforced historical inequalities within and between countries and is now giving rise to a highly divergent recovery. Technological chang...
