Confronting Youth Unemployment: Segment B
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Just Business
Length: 12:11
Just Business is a series of audio interviews that examines some of the tangled pathways that companies and civil society face. Host Julia Taylor Kennedy sits down with thought leaders across a variety of sectors to discuss the intersection between business and society.
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Just Business is a series of audio interviews that examines some of the tangled pathways that companies and civil society face. Host Julia Taylor Kennedy sits down with thought leaders across a variety of sectors to discuss the intersection between business and society.
Transcript
JULIA KENNEDY: Welcome to Just Business. I'm Julia Taylor Kennedy.
One side effect of the global financial crisis is limited employment opportunities for youth. According to the International Labor Organization [ILO], more than 75 million young people worldwide are looking for work. The ILO has also found that youth are three times more likely to be unemployed than adults.
Today we'll hear from the man in charge of the ILO for his take on unemployment and learn about a company in India that's doing its part to provide jobs and training for young people.
Let's start with Juan Somavia, director-general of the ILO.
Somavia began his career as an economist in Chile and quickly entered politics and diplomacy. Among his many posts, he has coordinated the Third World Forum, partnered with author and Nobel Prize winner Gabriel García Márquez to represent Latin America on the MacBride Interna...
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