Global employment trends: Heading down
According to the International Labour Organization's Global Employment Trends 2003, the number of unemployed has increased by 20 million globally in the last three years. The organization is also describing a "receding likelihood" that the global economy will turn around this year. The full report, which is a 24-MB PDF, is here and you can download chapters here. The prospect for industrialized countries is not sunny.
Posted by Mitch Ratcliffe at March 30, 2003 07:43 PM | TrackBack