This year's edition includes a forecast of global unemployment levels in developed, emerging and developing economies, with detailed charts and numbers. The projections take into account the slowdown in the global economy and other structural factors that shape employment patterns.
The report also focusses on the share of vulnerable employment as well as on the scale of the informal economy.
It provides policy guidance to boost decent work opportunities around the globe.
Embargoed electronic copies of the report, and associated media material will be made available to journalists upon request, starting on the morning of Tuesday, 19 January, by contacting newsroom@ilo.org or the Department of Communication and Public Information at +4122/799-7912.
For Geneva correspondents: A press briefing by ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder and Raymond Torres, Head of the ILO Research Department , will be held, under embargo, on Tuesday, 19 January at 09:30 a.m. in press room 3 at the Palais des Nations.
The report and all associated material and information are under strict embargo until 21.00 GMT on Tuesday, 19 January.
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