A crowded global jobs market is braced for 1bn more workersAnti-poverty targets will be missed unless future generations can find workPopulist rhetoric increases pressure on overseas aidDevelopment spending is in the spotlight in the US and EuropeJoblessness is an ‘existential threat’ to Kenya’s futureMany degree-level graduates lack the skills employers requireGermany’s apprenticeship scheme success may be hard to replicateOther countries look to copy a training model that keeps jobless rates low for the youngComment: Job insecurity is a fact of life for young peopleThe nature of work is changing continuously, affecting people in both rich and poor countriesCasual contracts keep Spaniards looking for permanent workOnly a minority enjoy the benefits and security of long-term employmentMore from this Special ReportThe ‘long, hard slog’ to reduce entrenched inequality in the British education systemNew training schemes in the UK aim to remedy decades of prejudiceUK employers prepare for apprenticeship levyBusinesses say it is too soon to know how successful the measures will beEgypt’s nascent tech scene offers hope to a generationThe country needs the right conditions for the sector to growYouth unemployment bucks India’s rapid growthNation’s ‘demographic dividend’ will only be a boon if there are enough jobs
A crowded global jobs market is braced for 1bn more workersAnti-poverty targets will be missed unless future generations can find workPopulist rhetoric increases pressure on overseas aidDevelopment spending is in the spotlight in the US and EuropeJoblessness is an ‘existential threat’ to Kenya’s futureMany degree-level graduates lack the skills employers requireGermany’s apprenticeship scheme success may be hard to replicateOther countries look to copy a training model that keeps jobless rates low for the youngComment: Job insecurity is a fact of life for young peopleThe nature of work is changing continuously, affecting people in both rich and poor countriesCasual contracts keep Spaniards looking for permanent workOnly a minority enjoy the benefits and security of long-term employmentMore from this Special ReportThe ‘long, hard slog’ to reduce entrenched inequality in the British education systemNew training schemes in the UK aim to remedy decades of prejudiceUK employers prepare for apprenticeship levyBusinesses say it is too soon to know how successful the measures will beEgypt’s nascent tech scene offers hope to a generationThe country needs the right conditions for the sector to growYouth unemployment bucks India’s rapid growthNation’s ‘demographic dividend’ will only be a boon if there are enough jobs