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The struggle against poverty is a basic objective of the ILO. This is expressed in one of the four basic principles of the Declaration of Philadelphia on the ILO (1945), which says that ‘Poverty anywhere constitutes a danger to prosperity everywhere’. While much of the ILO’s work on employment, training, social protection, minimum wages and working conditions contributes to the reduction of poverty, in the coming years the struggle against poverty will be in the forefront of ILO action, together with the promotion of democratisation and the protection of workers.
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van Ginneken, W. (1994). Poverty Estimates for the ILO’s World Labour Report. In: van der Hoeven, R., Anker, R. (eds) Poverty Monitoring: An International Concern. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-23134-8_14
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