Cover -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Preface -- Executive summary -- 1. Macroeconomic challenges and global labour market developments -- 2. Regional economic and labour market developments -- 3. Policies for a stronger labour market and more inclusive growth -- References -- Annexes -- Tables -- Table 1. Global, regional and country-specific estimates and projections of the total unemployment rate, 2007-16 (percentage points) -- Table 2. The global wage employment gap (millions) -- Table 3. Labour market situation and outlook in Developed Economies and European Union (per cent) -- Table 4. Labour market situation and outlook in Central and South-Eastern Europe (non-EU) and CIS (per cent) -- Table 5. Labour market situation and outlook in Latin America and the Caribbean (per cent) -- Table 6. Labour market situation and outlook in East Asia (per cent) -- Table 7. Labour market situation and outlook in South-East Asia and the Pacific (per cent) -- Table 8. Average annual growth rate of labour force, ASEAN Member Countries (per cent) -- Table 9. Labour market situation and outlook in South Asia (per cent) -- Table 10. Labour market situation and outlook in MENA countries (per cent) -- Table 11. Jobs gap and contribution to GDP per capita in MENA countries -- Table 12. Labour market situation and outlook in Sub-Saharan Africa (per cent) -- Boxes -- Box 1. What explains differences in unemployment projections? -- Box 2. MDG employment indicators -- Box 3. Are house price cycles responsible for the slow jobs recovery? -- Box 4. Labour flows in Mexico: Formal versus informal flows of workers -- Box 5. Education and youth unemployment in Viet Nam -- Box 6. Spill-overs from the Arab Spring: The case of Lebanon -- Box 7. Fiscal consolidation versus employment-friendly policies - Simulation results.

Box 8. The potential of active labour market policies to boost growth and employment -- Figures -- Figure 1. Global and regional GDP growth estimates and projections, 2011-15 (per cent) -- Figure 2. Evolution of global GDP growth estimates and projections, 2013 and 2014 (per cent) -- Figure 3. The crisis-related global jobs gap -- Figure 4. Global unemployment trends and projections, 2003-18 -- Figure 5. Annual change in global unemployment and GDP growth,2000-18, baseline and downside scenario -- Figure 6. Average annual change in the youth unemployment rate,selected time periods (percentage points) -- Figure 7. Young people that are neither in employment, nor in education or training (NEET) as the share of the population aged 15-29(2007 and most recent year) -- Figure 8. Annual output growth per worker, world and regions, selected periods (per cent) -- Figure 9. Estimated informal employment shares, 2011 (per cent) -- Figure 10. Average unemployment duration in selected economies (months) -- Figure 11. Macroeconomic uncertainty in selected economies -- Figure 12. Contribution of hiring uncertainty to the increase in the unemployment rate since 2007 in the United States (percentage points) -- Figure 13. GDP growth rates in BRICS countries (per cent) -- Figure 14. Sectoral employment shares and economic development -- Figure 15. Trajectory of annual GDP per capita before and after the yeara country reaches US3,000 (constant 2005 PPP) -- Figure 16. Changes in employment by economic class,selected time periods and regions -- Figure 17. Job losses by age group - Selected OECD economies (2012 vs 2007) -- Figure 18. Skills mismatch: 2005 vs 2012 -- Figure 19. Increase in unemployment driven by longer unemployment duration -- Figure 20. Changes in trend unemployment -- Figure 21. GDP and employment recoveries around recession turning points (G7 countries).

Figure 22. Annual GDP growth in Latin America, 1991-2018 (per cent) -- Figure 23. Informal employment structure, 2009-12 (per cent) -- Figure 24. Labour productivity index, 2000-18 -- Figure 25. Share of wage and salaried workers in total employment (per cent) and male-female gap in wage employment rates (percentage points), East Asia, 1991-2013* -- Figure 26. Share of medium- and high-skill and technology-intensive manufacturing in total manufacturing exports (per cent), selected economies in East Asia, 1995-2012 -- Figure 27. Two views of the drivers of growth in India: Services and consumption -- Figure 28. Gender disparities in labour force participation rates (per cent)in South Asia, various years (2009-12) -- Figure 29. Skills mismatch, overeducation and undereducation in selected economies (per cent) -- Figure 30. Public investment in education in MENA countries (per cent of GDP) -- Figure 31. Female participation and unemployment rates in MENA countries (per cent) -- Figure 32. FDI inflows in the MENA region by sector, 2003-10 (per cent) -- Figure 33. Economic growth and vulnerable employment, by region, 2001-12 -- Figure 34. Paid employment and employment in industry across regions, 2012 (per cent) -- Figure 35. Government debt-to-GDP ratio in selected countries and country groups (per cent) -- Figure 36. Current GDP vs growth at pre-crisis trends in selected countries -- Figure 37. Policy determinants of hiring uncertainty.