Title page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Executive summary -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Youth unemployment crisis continues in both developed and developing economies -- Regional impact and the aftermath of the economic crisis -- Participation or drop-out? -- Longer-term consequences of the youth jobs crisis -- Figure -- Figure 1. Global youth unemployment and unemployment rate, 1991-2012 -- Figure 2. Youth unemployment rate estimates and projections, 2000-16 (%) -- Figure 3. Youth unemployment rates and "adjusted" youth unemployment rates to accountfor reduced labour force participation, by sex, world and regions, 2011 (%) -- Figure 4. Youth labour force participation rate in France and Spain, 1990-2010 (%) -- Figure 5. Youth labour force participation rate in Pakistan, 1990-2007 (%) -- 3. Temporary employment and part-timework: Transition or trap? -- Employment protection legislation and labour market duality -- Youth in developing economies -- Figure -- Figure 6. Part-time employment rates for youth and adults in the European Union,2000-11 (second quarter, %) -- Figure 7. Change in the incidence of temporary employment in total employment in the European Union, youth and adults -- Figure 8. -- Box -- Box 1. The impact of employment protection legislation on the youth labour market -- Box 2. Measuring labour market transitions: ILO's Work4Youth Project -- 4. Education and the labour market -- Education as a shield for youth in developed economies -- Not only more but better education and training is needed in developing economies -- The crisis has brought an increased detachment of youth from the labour market -- Figure -- Figure 9. Changes in unemployment rates by educational level, selected developedeconomies, 2000-10 (percentage points) -- Figure 10. Youth NEET rates in the European Union, 2000-10, by sex (%).

Figure 11. Youth employment and poverty in selected developing economies, by sex (%) -- Figure 12. Average poverty rates of NEETs, employed and unemployed youth in selected developing economies, by sex (%) -- 5. Youth employment policies -- References -- Annex 1. World and regional tables -- Annex 2. Note on global and regional projections -- Annex 3. Inventory of current country measuresto address the youth employment crisis.