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Growth Is Key to Job Creation, IMF Conference Finds
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Restoring Jobs by Restoring Growth
By Min Zhu
Over 200 million people are unemployed around the world, with double-digit jobless rates in many European countries and in many emerging markets. Youth unemployment and long-term unemployment are at alarming levels. The number of unemployed people is nearly 16 million higher today than in 2007 among countries where labor markets are tracked regularly by the IMF.
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Getting the World Back to Work
Susan Lund, Director of Research, The McKinsey Global Institute
Globally, over 200 million people are unemployed, according to the IMF. Many European markets and emerging markets are suffering double-digit jobless rates, and youth and long-term unemployment are at alarming levels.EVENTS
- Analyzing and Projecting Labor Market Indicators: A Template for IMF Country Desks
September 7, 2012
- Presentation by Susan Lund (McKinsey)
September 21, 2012
- Presentation of Fiscal Policy and Employment in Advanced and Emerging Economies by Fiscal Policy Department
September 28, 2012
- Annual Meetings session on Restoring Hope: Policy Options For Jobs & Growth
October 11, 2012
- Thirteenth Jacques Polak Annual Research Conference: "Labor Markets through the Lens of the Great Recession"
November 8-9, 2012