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xchrom

(108,903 posts)
Tue Sep 9, 2014, 05:17 AM Sep 2014

The World Is Facing A Global Job Crisis

http://www.businessinsider.com/afp-world-bank-warns-of-global-jobs-crisis-2014-9


Unemployment line in South Korea

Sydney (AFP) - The world is facing a global jobs crisis that is hurting the chances of reigniting economic growth and there is no magic bullet to solve the problem, the World Bank warned on Tuesday.

In a study released at a G20 Labour and Employment Ministerial Meeting in Australia, the Bank said an extra 600 million jobs needed to be created worldwide by 2030 just to cope with the expanding population.

"There's little doubt there is a global jobs crisis," said the World Bank's senior director for jobs, Nigel Twose.

"As this report makes clear, there is a shortage of jobs -- and quality jobs.



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The World Is Facing A Global Job Crisis (Original Post) xchrom Sep 2014 OP
and the vast majority of that population growth is occurring ProdigalJunkMail Sep 2014 #1

ProdigalJunkMail

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1. and the vast majority of that population growth is occurring
Tue Sep 9, 2014, 05:45 AM
Sep 2014

where the unemployment rates are already incredibly high... so it's probably even worse than the word 'shortage' implies. It will be a disaster.

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