Youth employment

  • © Kristina Janulaityté

    The world is facing a growing youth employment crisis. Unemployment in the Central and South-Eastern Europe region peaked at the highest regional rate in the world in 2009, with vulnerable groups bearing much of the impact of the global economic crisis. Youth unemployment rose more than in any other developing region in 2009; one in five economically active youth in the region were unemployed in 2010. More