CONTENTS -- Acknowledgements -- Summary: Renewed turbulence over the employment horizon -- 1. Global employment and social developments -- Introduction -- A. Labour market trends -- B. Social developments and trends -- Appendix -- 2. Regional developments: An uneven and uncertain recovery -- Developed economies and European Union -- Central and South-Eastern Europe (non-EU) and the CIS -- Latin America and the Caribbean -- East Asia -- South East Asia and the Pacific -- South Asia -- Middle East and North Africa -- Sub-Saharan Africa -- 3. Medium-term challenges for jobs with equity -- Introduction -- A. Shrinking labour supply and population ageing -- B. Changes in occupational patterns -- C. Income inequality and economic growth accelerations and slowdowns -- Concluding remarks -- Appendix -- Annexes -- 1. Global and regional figures -- 2. Labour market estimates and projections -- 3. Occupational and sectoral employment estimates and projections -- 4. Real wage growth estimates and projection -- 5. Regional groupings -- Bibliography -- List of figures -- List of tables and boxes.