Employment

Joint Roundtable co-convened by the Group of Friends of Decent Work and the Group of Friends of LDCs. Co-sponsored by the Permanent Mission of Qatar to the United Nations, ILO and UN-OHRLLS.

29 April 2022, 10:00-11:30am

Conference Room 12, United Nations Headquarters.

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The COVID-19 pandemic is causing labour market ravages in all regions, some of those trends are accelerating, thereby generating new challenges and opportunities for job creation. While advanced economies are responding promptly and stand ready to invest to take benefit from the spread of remote working arrangements, increasing automation and the reshuffling of global value chains, LDCs struggle to overcome deep rooted and pre-existing decent work deficits.