Jobs and Skills: Tackling the Global Unemployment Crisis – Preparing for Growth

It has been six years since the start of the global financial crisis and job creation remains weak in many G20 countries, preventing a significant decline in the often record-high levels of unemployment and underemployment. Unfortunately, the short-term labour market outlook is not encouraging for many countries. Against this backdrop, the role of governments collaborating closely with social partners to promote job creation and inclusive growth has never been so important.This Report produced by the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Employment presents a list of recommendations for governments, businesses and trade unions to adopt decisive actions to bring employment at the centre of their agendas.