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Young women and men are among the world's greatest assets. They bring energy, talent and creativity to economies and create the foundations for future development. But today's 1___ also represent a group 2 serious vulnerabilities in the world of work. In recent years slowing global employment growth and increasing unemployment, underemployment and disillusionment have_ 3__ young people ___4__. As a result, today's youth are faced__ 5 __ a growing deficit of decent work opportunities and high levels of economic and social uncertainty.
This report adds to growing evidence of a global situation in which young people face increasing difficulties when entering the __6___ force market. One of the ___7___ findings of the report is that a global deficit of decent work opportunities has resulted in a situation in which one out of three youth in the world is ___8___ seeking but unable to find work (the unemployed), has given up __9___ the job search entirely (the discouraged) or is working but still living below the US$2 a day ___10___ line (the working poor). This second version of the GET Youth updates the key world and regional youth labor market indicators, but offers original research as well, __11____ a careful estimation of the number and share of youth who work but are living in households of less than US$1 or 2 a day (the so-called youth working poor). The working poor youth estimate can serve ___12___ a proxy for income-related underemployment and therefore fits nicely __13____ the framework presented in the report for ___14__ youth who are most at risk to __15___ from degrees of exclusion from decent work and therefore a framework for identifying whom would benefit most from targeted interventions.
Without the right foothold __16___ which to start out right in the labour market, young people are ___17___to make choices that will improve their own job prospects and those of their future dependents. This, __18___, perpetuates the cycle of insufficient education, low-productivity employment and working poverty from one generation to the next. The report, therefore, adds urgency __19___ the UN call for development of strategies aimed to give young people a chance to make ___ 20 __ of their productive potential through decent employment.
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