Many jobs ‘vulnerable’: UN human development report

The persistence of dangerous and demeaning forms of work remains a major challenge for the Cambodia’s development, according to the UN’s annual Human Development Report (HDR) launched on 14 December by the United Nations Development Programme.

Dubbed “Work for Human Development”, the 2015 report finds the Asia-Pacific region home to the highest prevalence of trafficking, child labour and forced labour, with the latter accounting for 56 per cent of the global 78 million.

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