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Austerity a threat to prosperity?

09 April 2013

Unemployment in Europe has reached historic levels and there is growing concern that the jobs crisis is so deep it will have a profound impact on the region's ability to recover.

To be young and profitable in Peru

10 August 2012

There are nearly 450,000 young people without jobs in Peru. They represent more than two thirds of the country's unemployed and of the 5 million young people who do have work, many are in "precarious" conditions, without social benefits or job security. So instead of looking for a job, many young Peruvians prefer to looking toward themselves and starting their own businesses.

Global Employment Trends 2011: Weak Jobs Recovery to Continue

24 January 2011

With global unemployment at record highs for the third straight year since the start of the economic crisis, the International Labour Office (ILO) warned in its annual employment trends survey: 'Global Employment Trends 2011: The challenge of a jobs recovery', that weak recovery in jobs is likely to continue in 2011, especially in developed economies.

Working Together to Boost Youth Employment in Serbia

31 December 2010

Serbia was hit hard by the global economic crisis, particularly its young people, who are living a “crisis within the crisis”. Often what they learned in school doesn’t match what employers are looking for, making it hard for them to find work. It’s worse for young people who didn’t do well in school, or dropped out. But in Serbia, the government, trade unions and employers, working together, have designed new policy interventions to give young people, especially those with low levels of education, a chance to find a decent job and keep it.