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FEWER JOBS, BY AREA
source: www.ilo.org/public/english/
employment/strat/yen/challenge/
index.htm
www.ilo.org/public/english/
employment/skills/youth/download/
youthwor.pdf
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Population is growing faster than employment opportunities. The situation is particularly hard for some regions…
| region | youth population
growth (%) | youth
employment (%) | | South Asia | 21.9 | +11.6 | | South-East Asia | 13.1 | +0.3 | | Latin America & the Caribbean | 13.1 | +2.8 | | Transition economies | 10.1 | -11.7 | | East Asia | -11.3 | -18 |
Only the Middle East and North Africa and sub-Saharan Africa saw a relative balance between youth population growth and youth employment growth.
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