World bank and International Labour Organisation ( ILO )

WORLD BANK

INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION (ILO)

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International Labour

Organization (ILO)

INTRODUCTION • The International Labour Organization (ILO) is a United Nations agency.

• The main aims of the ILO are to promote rights at work, encourage decent employment opportunities, enhance social protection and strengthen dialogue on work-related issues.

• It was established in 1919.

• Its headquarters are at Geneva, Switzerland.

• Juan Somavía has been the ILO's director-general since 1999. Guy Ryder was elected as the next director-general and begins his term in October 2012.

• Its official website is www.ilo.org

• Director general is elected by the Governing body.

• The ILO registers complaints against entities that are violating international rules; however, it does not impose sanctions on governments.

GOVERNANCE, ORGANIZATION, AND MEMBERSHIP• Unlike other United Nations specialized agencies, the International Labour Organization

has a tripartite governing structure — representing governments, employers and workers .

• The guiding body is composed of 28 government representatives, 14 workers' representatives, and 14 employers' representatives.

• Ten of the government seats are held by member states that are nations of "chief industrial importance," as first considered by an "impartial committee."

• The nations are Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom and the United States.

• The terms of office are three years

• he ILO organizes the International Labour Conference in Geneva every year in June, where conventions and recommendations are crafted and adopted. The conference also makes decisions about the ILO's general policy, work programme and budget.

• The constitution of the ILO offers that any nation which has a membership in the UN can become a member of the ILO. To gain membership, a nation must inform the Director General that it accepts all the obligations of the ILO constitution.

HEADQUARTERS OF ILO AT GENEVA, SWITZERLAND

The following is the list of

185 countries in the UN who are part of the ILO also:-

• Austria• Azerbaijan• Bahamas• Bahrain• Bangladesh• Barbados• Belarus• Belgium• Belize• Benin• Bolivia• Bosnia and Herzegovina• Botswana• Brazil• Bulgaria• Burkina Faso• Burundi• Cambodia• Cameroon• Canada• Cape Verde• Chad• Chile• China

• Colombia• Comoros• Congo• Costa Rica• Côte d'Ivoire• Croatia• Cuba• Cyprus• Czech Republic• Congo• Denmark• Djibouti• Dominica• Ecuador• Egypt• El Salvador• Equatorial Guinea• Eritrea• Estonia• Ethiopia• Fiji• Finland• France• Gabon

• Gambia• Georgia• Germany• Ghana• Greece• Grenada• Guatemala• Guinea• Guinea-Bissau• Guyana• Haiti• Honduras• Hungary• Iceland• India• Indonesia• Iran (Islamic Republic of)• Iraq• Ireland• Israel• Italy• Jamaica• Japan• Jordan

• Kazakhstan• Kenya• Kiribati• Kuwait• Kyrgyz Stan• Latvia• Lebanon• Lesotho• Liberia• Libyan Arab Jamahiriya• Lithuania• Luxembourg• Madagascar• Malawi• Malaysia• Mali• Malta• Mauritania• Mauritius• Mexico• Mongolia• Montenegro• Morocco

• Mozambique• Myanmar• Namibia• Nepal• Netherlands• New Zealand• Nicaragua• Niger• Nigeria• Norway• Oman• Pakistan• Panama• Papua New

Guinea• Paraguay• Peru• Philippines• Poland• Portugal• Qatar• Romania• Russian

Federation

• Rwanda• Saint Kitts and Nevis• Saint Lucia• Saint Vincent and the

Grenadines• Samoa• San Marino• Sao Tome and Principe• Saudi Arabia• Senegal• Serbia• Seychelles• Sierra Leone• Singapore• Slovakia• Slovenia• Solomon Islands• Somalia• South Africa• Spain• Sri Lanka• Sudan• Suriname• Swaziland

• Sweden• Switzerland• Tajikistan• United Republic of

Tanzania• Thailand• Timor-Leste• Togo• Trinidad and Tobago• Tunisia• Turkey• Turkmenistan• Uganda• Ukraine• United Arab Emirates• United Kingdom• United States• Uruguay• Uzbekistan• Vanuatu• Venezuela• Viet Nam• Yemen• Zambia• Zimbabwe

HISTORY• The ILO was established in 1919 as an agency of the League of Nations following the

Treaty of Versailles, which ended World War I.

• In 1969, the organization received the Nobel Peace Prize for improving peace among classes, pursuing justice for workers, and providing technical assistance to developing nations.

• The founders of the ILO had made great strides in social thought and action before 1919. The core members all knew one another from earlier private professional and ideological networks, in which they exchanged knowledge, experiences, and ideas on social policy.

• In the post–World War I euphoria, the idea of a 'makeable society' was an important catalyst behind the social engineering of the ILO architects.

• In 1946, the ILO became the first specialized agency of the newly-formed United Nations

• At the time of establishment, the US government was not a member of ILO. On 22 June 1934, the ILO adopted a resolution inviting the US government to join the organization. On 20 August 1934, the US government responded positively and took its seat at the ILO.

DURING CONSTRUCTION OF THE HEADQUARTERS IN 1925

PROGRAMS1. Labour statistics

The ILO is a major provider of labour statistics. Labour statistics are an important tool for its member states to monitor their progress toward improving labour standards. As part of their statistical work, ILO maintains several databases

2. Training and teaching units

The International Training Centre of the International Labour Organization (ITCILO) is based in Turin, Italy.[26] Together with the University of Turin, Faculty of Law, the ITC offers training for ILO officers and secretariat members, as well as offering educational programmes.

3. Child labour

The ILO’s International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC) was created in 1992 with the overall goal of the progressive elimination of child labour, which was to be achieved through strengthening the capacity of countries to deal with the problem and promoting a worldwide movement to combat child labour.

ISSUES AND IMPACT

1. Forced labour

It is defined as “the condition of a person who provides labour or services (other than sexual services) and who, because of the use of force or threats: (a) is not free to cease providing labour or services; or (b) is not free to leave the place or area where the person provides labour or services”. The ILO has considered the fight against forced labour to be one of its main priorities.

2. Minimum wage law

To protect the right of labours for fixing minimum wage, ILO has created Minimum Wage-Fixing Machinery Convention, 1928, Minimum Wage Fixing Machinery (Agriculture) Convention, 1951 and Minimum Wage Fixing Convention, 1970 as minimum wage law.

3. HIV/AIDS

Under the name ILOAIDS, the ILO created the Code of Practice on HIV/AIDS and the World of Work as a document providing principles for "policy development and practical guidelines for programmes at enterprise, community, and national levels.

4. Domestic workers

For the rights and decent work of domestic workers including migrant domestic workers, ILO has adopted Convention on domestic workers on 16 June 2011.

World Bank

INTRODUCTION• International Financial Institution that provides Loans to developing countries for capital

programs.

• Goal – Reduction of Poverty.

• Its decisions are taken to promote foreign investment, international trade, and facilitate capital investment.

• The World Bank differs from the World Bank Group.

• It constitutes of two institutions: the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and the International Development Association (IDA).

• Jim Yong Kim is elected as the next President of the Bank on 23 rd March, 2012.

• He is the 12th president of World Bank.

LOCATION (HEADQUARTERS) - WASHINGTON D.C., U.S.A.

The following is a list of the 188 members of the World Bank :

Membership :188 countries - International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) 170 countries - International Development Association (IDA).

HISTORY• The World Bank is one of four institutions created at the Bretton Woods Conference in 1944 .

• The most powerful countries in attendance were the United States and United Kingdom, which dominated negotiations.

• World Bank in accordance with its Six Strategic themes has taken various policies into effect since 1989 up until today.

• It has taken various policies to preserve the environment while promoting development. In 1989 - to stop the ozone damage.

• In order to prevent deforestation they announced that they would not finance any commercial logging or infrastructure projects that do harm to the environment in 1991.

• The World Bank tries to control communicable disease such as malaria, delivering vaccines to several parts of the world.

• In 2000, the World Bank announced a “war on AIDS”, and in 2011, the Bank joined the Stop Tuberculosis Partnership.

WHAT DOES IT DO????• Poverty Reduction Strategies : For the poorest developing countries in the world, the

bank's assistance plans are based on poverty reduction strategies; by combining a cross-section of local groups with an extensive analysis of the country's financial and economic situation the World Bank develops a strategy pertaining uniquely to the country in question. The government then identifies the country's priorities and targets for the reduction of poverty, and the World Bank aligns its aid efforts correspondingly.

• Clean Technology Fund Management: power as quickly as possible The World Bank has been assigned temporary management responsibility of the Clean Technology Fund (CTF), focused on making renewable energy cost-competitive with coal-fired.

• World Bank Institute (global connector of knowledge): The World Bank Institute (WBI) creates learning opportunities for countries, World Bank staff and clients, and people committed to poverty reduction and sustainable development. WBI's work program includes training, policy consultations, and the creation and support of knowledge networks related to international economic and social development. It aims to inspire change agents and prepare them with essential tools that can help achieve development results.

• Global Development Learning Network: The Global Development Learning Network (GDLN) is a partnership of over 120 learning centers in nearly 80 countries around the world. GDLN Affiliates collaborate in holding events that connect people across countries and regions for learning and dialogue on development issues. GDLN clients are typically NGOs, government, private sector and development agencies who find that they work better together on subregional, regional or global development issues using the facilities and tools offered by GDLN Affiliates.

• Clean Air Initiatives: Clean Air Initiative (CAI) is a World Bank initiative to advance innovative ways to improve air quality in cities through partnerships in selected regions of the world by sharing knowledge and experiences. It includes electric vehicles

WORLD BANK’S IMPACT IN INDIA

• India has been borrowing from the world bank through IBRD and IDA (Internatioinal Development Assistance)for various development projects in the area of poverty alleviation, infrastucture, rural developments etc.

• IDA funds are one of the most concessional external loans for Gol and are used largely in social sector projects that contribute to the achievement of Millenium Developments Goal.

• India has borrowed around US$65.8 billion from world bank so far.

• In 1958, the bank played an important role in establishing ‘India Aid Club’ for providing specific economic assistance to India. Now been renamed as ‘India Development Forum’.

• During 1995-96(jul-jun), India ranked first among the nations getting assistance from IDA

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BY :Amara Bandukada Ayush parekh Anushree Ambardekar Vrit Vaibhav shah