Global employment trends for youth, August 2010 [electronic resource] : special issue on the impact of the global economic crisis on youth.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

International Labour Organization.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Youth--Employment.

Youth.

Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009--Economic aspects.

Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (87 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Geneva : International Labour Office, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The report presents the latest global and regional labour market trends for youth and specifically explores how the global economic crisis has exposed the vulnerabilities of young people around the world. In developed economies, the crisis has led to the highest youth unemployment rates on record, while in developing economies - where 90 per cent of the world's youth live - the crisis threatens to exacerbates the challenges of rampant decent work deficits, adding to the number of young people who find themselves stuck in working poverty and thus prolonging the cycle of working poverty through

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Overview; 2 Labour market trends for youth; 3 The impact of the global economic crisis; 4 An evaluation of lessons learned in youth employment programmes; Annex 1 World and regional tables; Annex 2 Country inventory of crisis response interventions directly affecting youth employment; Boxes; Tables; Annex tables; Figures

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

92-2-123856-3

OCLC:

668259742