the ILO
"After all is said and done, it is a reality, not just a perception, that the benefits of the global economy are not reaching enough people worldwide - in the developed and developing countries. It is affecting the support for open economies and open societies. We need to make markets work for and include more and more families. We need families to feel that there is a level playing field, so that hard work can get you ahead. For the three billion people subsisting on $2 or less a day, this is not the case.
To do so, we need policy creativity all around - in government, business, unions, NGOs, academia, science. We shouldn't be opposing flexibility on the one hand to security on the other, when it is obvious that we need both. We need to go back to basics if the global economy - the knowledge economy - is to succeed. Families need to feel the advantages in their daily lives. That means: decent work for parents, good education for children, basic health for all and a voice in the community."
