"Many thanks for this Mariana. There are many avenues for youth participation in the UN system. In a former life, I was the Secretary for the UN Secretary General's Youth Employment Network. (..."

11 juli 2012 on Toolkits for all: the answer to the unemployment youth?

"Many thanks for these contributions. I would remind everyone the posts should be made in English, thanks to Diogo for indirectly translating the initial topic posting, Also, since the focus of this..."

11 juli 2012 on El Uso de medios alternativos de transporte LA BICICLETA

"My apologies for not responding earlier. Yes, if there are really "new approaches and paradigms" out there, "state of the art" debates, let's hear them! Whereas the debate could have explored many..."

11 juli 2012 on Change of time: Event about the Urban Labour Network during the World...

"Thanks for this interesting post and for highlighting the often unintended effects of so-called "best practices." However, since this is a discussion about urban employment, could you tell us what..."

11 juli 2012 on When global best practices are not the best:Parking meters.

"Thank you Ed, and I will make two comments, one on the substance and another on the procedure to be followed. On the substance, I have posted a summary of the discussion on May 23 under the topic..."

19 juni 2012 on Urban Labour Network

"Many thanks and I encourage you to look at other threads of the discussion on infrastructure and job creation which have already been posted. The ILO's Employment-Intensive Investment Programme has a..."

13 juni 2012 on Infrastructure development a tool for job creation in Sub-Sahara...

"Thanks again Mekonen for your active participation. I addition to Ed's references, you may wish to look at the resource available through the ILO's Green Jobs Programme at: ..."

12 juni 2012 on Infrastructure Investment and Job Creation

"Thanks to Mekonen, Bourdon, Ed and Adrian for these latests posts, and I am happy to see the discussion on infrastructure and employment taking off. First, Adrian, yes, the debate is still open..."

11 juni 2012 on Infrastructure Investment and Job Creation

"Hi Edmundo, The exact title of the topic is: Integrated urban Housing program as strategy to alleviate urban poverty through urban job creation, posted by: MEKONEN WUBE ERMED of the..."

6 juni 2012 on Infrastructure Investment and Job Creation

"I have strong views on this subject, but as your Moderator, I would love to see others step up and comment on this posting. I cannot agree more that employment creation is critical, and that there..."

6 juni 2012 on Infrastructure Investment and Job Creation

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6 juni 2012 on Infrastructure Investment and Job Creation

"Thanks to all for the interesting posts. Let me make a few quick comments. 1. With respect to Anna's comment on the importance of infrastructure not just for private firms, but also for..."

4 juni 2012 on Infrastructure Investment and Job Creation

"Many thanks Mekonen, and indeed stone paving blocks can be an effective means for road surfacing in selected urban areas, subject to high traffic volume. The ILO has implemented a number of test..."

31 mei 2012 on integrated urban Housing program as startegy to allevaite urban...

"Thanks Martin for this post and let me encourage participants to reflect on how this is relevant to the ongoing discussion on urban job creation, and specifically with respect to the topic on “Job C..."

29 mei 2012 on Reforming the World Bank's Doing Business Indicators

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29 mei 2012 on Reforming the World Bank's Doing Business Indicators

"Thanks so much for this clear and concise summary of the housing and employment project in Addis Ababa. Maikel Lieuw Kie Song just posted an interesting comment describing the Community Works..."

28 mei 2012 on integrated urban Housing program as startegy to allevaite urban...

"Thanks Raobelina for this comment posted several days ago. You raise the importance of urban agriculture for food security and also you discuss the aversion of young people to working in urban..."

28 mei 2012 on Can agriculture be an urban job creator?

"Thanks for the information on street vendors from the Urban Justice Project. In fact, this is a big issue in my (New York) neighborhood Jackson Heights which is a major center for street vendors and..."

24 mei 2012 on Job creation, informal economy and regulatory environment

"Thanks for this point. Planning infrastructure for people with disabilities is extremely important, and constructing and retro-fitting such infrastructure can also create many new employment..."

24 mei 2012 on Infrastructure Investment and Job Creation

"Many thanks Sally for these helpful comments. Indeed the debate is not so much about whether we need more regulations (to protect informal workers) - or less regulations (to make it easier to "do..."

24 mei 2012 on Job creation, informal economy and regulatory environment

"Regarding the informal sector, we appear to be getting different messages. Some would say, for example Adrian's above inputs, that its strength lies in its freedom from regulation. But others (and..."

23 mei 2012 on Job creation, informal economy and regulatory environment

"Many thanks for this example of local economic development in urban areas of Bihar. I wonder what is the rural-urban dynamic of such programmes with respect to the Rural Employment Guarantee Act. Do..."

23 mei 2012 on What can cities do to create jobs, especially for young people?

"Many thanks but the link is not working. I get this message: Sorry, your request can't be processed due to a system problem. Contact the Help Desk if the problem persists. [SD-008] Kindly..."

22 mei 2012 on integrated urban Housing program as startegy to allevaite urban...

"Excellent. Thanks for this very concrete contribution to urban job creation!"

22 mei 2012 on What can cities do to create jobs, especially for young people?

"Thanks Edmundo for these queries and comments. These figures are drawn from the 2012 ILO Global Employment Trends report, but I see there is now a just released Trends report focusing on youth...."

22 mei 2012 on What can cities do to create jobs, especially for young people?

"Dear Sonia, Many thanks for your contribution to this discussion on job creation and for providing some concrete illustrations of how informal workers are effectively organizing themselves, in..."

22 mei 2012 on The Urban Informal Sector

"Thanks Mekonen for all the information regarding the housing and employment project in Addis and I hope others will jump into this discussion with experiences on housing projects in cities and their..."

20 mei 2012 on integrated urban Housing program as startegy to allevaite urban...

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20 mei 2012 on integrated urban Housing program as startegy to allevaite urban...

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20 mei 2012 on integrated urban Housing program as startegy to allevaite urban...

"Many thanks for this contribution and I will be posting a topic for the third week of this eDebate on the issue of youth unemployment. I would be grateful for your feedback. I totally agree with and..."

20 mei 2012 on Entrepreneurial and Skill acquisition as a means of Job creaationy"

"Thanks to Laura for the references and data on US regarding the impact of immigrant workers on the labour market, and to Adrian for sharing the Local Economic Development Guidelines and his thoughts..."

18 mei 2012 on Job creation, informal economy and regulatory environment

"Many excellent ideas have been raised on this topic of urban agriculture. It would seem that work needs to be done - and this could be tackled by the ILO project now being designed to which Fernanda..."

18 mei 2012 on Can agriculture be an urban job creator?

"So far this topic has not attracted much attention in the eDebate. However, it would seem to me that infrastructure development can be a key element since it provides the double benefit of making..."

17 mei 2012 on Infrastructure Investment and Job Creation

"Thanks Mekonen for introducing this topic and I hope we can get some more feedback on it in the coming days since there are many members to the eDebate who have experience in this area. The..."

17 mei 2012 on integrated urban Housing program as startegy to allevaite urban...

"Thanks Adrian for jumping into this discussion on food security and I appreciate your comments on the nexus of water, energy and food in urban areas. I encourage everyone to join in the various..."

17 mei 2012 on african food security

"Thanks Jacinta for this interesting example from Nairobi. I have always suspected that much urban agriculture, particularly green vegetable production, is done with unsanitary water. I have also..."

15 mei 2012 on african food security

"Both are interesting issues and I will post a topic tomorrow on this under Productive Cities, which focuses on urban employment, asking what cities can do to stimulate jobs for young people in..."

15 mei 2012 on Unemployment versus Development

"Thanks for raising the interesting topic on (African) food security. Please join in the ongoing discussions on urban agriculture and on employment and community development which may provide some..."

15 mei 2012 on african food security

"The parallel discussion on urban agriculture provides a good example of a sector where there is potential for community involvement in urban job creation. Also, forming associations of informal..."

15 mei 2012 on What´s your advice to create jobs and communitary development?

"This is a very fruitful discussion and I like how Laura asks others to draw out links between the US and international experience in urban agriculture, particularly that of developing countries. One..."

14 mei 2012 on Can agriculture be an urban job creator?

"Thanks so much for this post on the subject of Job Creation. In fact, I will post a similar topic shortly, asking how can cities create new job opportunities, especially for young people. I would..."

10 mei 2012 on JOB CREATION

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10 mei 2012 on JOB CREATION

"Once again thanks for this, which raises the interesting question of the relationship between immigration policy and job creation. The conventional wisdom is that immigrants steal jobs from..."

8 mei 2012 on Job creation, informal economy and regulatory environment

"Thanks for your comment about job creation and small and medium enterprises. Kindly make your point in English as required by our posting guidelines since use of multiple languages create confusion...."

8 mei 2012 on Job creation, informal economy and regulatory environment

"It would be interesting to pursue this issue under the topic on Infrastructure and Employment. Can such cost-sharing mechanisms be used to improve the job creation impact of infrastructure..."

8 mei 2012 on Mechanisms to capture

"Many thanks for this valuable posting. I will respond to three of the key points: 1. Youth labour market participaton, 2. The relative importance of education and training for job creation, and 3...."

8 mei 2012 on Urban employment and the global financial crisis

"I would love to hear more about your Forum and we look forward to hearing from you on community-based employment programmes. I am also pleased to see the focus taken in this topic on job creation."

8 mei 2012 on What do you plan to do for your community?

"I would like to learn more about the SMEDA and how it reaches out to enterprises and entrepreneurs. Have its actions been evaluated with respect to the number of jobs created?"

7 mei 2012 on Job creation, informal economy and regulatory environment

"Although I appreciate all of the comments, I would like to respond one two fronts: 1. Let us try to focus our comments on the theme of this dialogue, namely job creation; and 2. Will a positive..."

7 mei 2012 on What do you plan to do for your community?