World Employment Report (2001)

Author: Lu Ping
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Publish Date: 2002-12-01
Features: The World Employment Report (2001) examines employment trends at global and regional levels, exploring the impact of the communications revolution on the world of work. Through the Internet and other network technologies, channels for accessing information have become unprecedentedly broad. The barriers of time and distance in communication are disappearing, thus changing markets and creating new patterns of job creation and loss. The report estimates the overall prospects for job creation in the information economy and the quality of life for workers. It provides a detailed analysis of whether employment stability will continue to maintain its original standards and why education and lifelong learning now occupy the top position on the policy agenda. There are both opportunities and social costs and risks. Social dialogue will be necessary to make the right social choices; this report finds that trade unions and employer organizations can exert influence on the emerging information economy, not just be affected by it.