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Employment Trends (EMP/TRENDS)
United Nations Millennium
Development Goals (MDGs)
There are over 88 million unemployed youth around the world,
together comprising nearly half of the world's total unemployment. The
problem is especially pronounced in developing regions, where young
people are over 4 times more likely to find themselves unemployed when
compared with older workers.
Youth often face major hurdles when competing for employment. From lack
of work experience, to a deficiency in skill-specific training and
education, the result for youth is long average job search times and
high incidences of temporary and part-time work, often in positions not
covered by labour legislation. In coordination with the Youth Employment
Network (YEN), the ILO's Employment Trends Team is working on the development of
new indicators to better assess world and regional youth employment
trends to help policymakers analyse and address the pressing needs among
youth workers today.
View the ILO's Employment Trends Team documents prepared for the Expert
Group Meeting on the Monitoring of the Millennium Declaration Goals
(MDGs) of the Millennium Declaration.
Documents on World and Regional Trends in Youth Employment » 2002 update » 2003 update » 2004 update
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