{"id":3129,"date":"2015-03-30T10:27:06","date_gmt":"2015-03-30T10:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tesyouth.org\/t\/?p=3129"},"modified":"2023-07-11T15:22:11","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T15:22:11","slug":"ticking-time-bomb-of-youth-unemployment-in-developing-countries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tesyouth.org\/t\/ticking-time-bomb-of-youth-unemployment-in-developing-countries\/","title":{"rendered":"Ticking time bomb of youth unemployment in developing countries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tesyouth.org\/t\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/youth-unemployment-developing-countries.jpg\" alt=\"Youth unemployment in developing countries\" width=\"274\" height=\"220\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3130\" \/> The world needs to wake up to \u201cthe ticking timebomb\u201d of youth unemployment in developing countries and treat the issue as seriously as humanitarian disasters and global efforts to eradicate disease, a group of British MPs has warned.<\/p>\n<p>In its latest report, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.parliament.uk\/business\/committees\/committees-a-z\/commons-select\/international-development-committee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Commons International Development Committee (IDC)<\/a> says population increases \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/global-development-professionals-network\/2013\/jul\/11\/africa-kenya-population-youth-unemployment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">especially in Africa<\/a> \u2013 are making it harder for people to earn a livelihood, let alone find full-time employment.<\/p>\n<p>With 600 million young people competing for a predicted 200 million jobs over the next decade, the committee says there is a danger of widespread social and political unrest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo one, not national governments nor donor agencies, are doing enough to defuse the ticking time bomb of youth unemployment in developing countries across the globe,\u201d said its chair, Sir Malcolm Bruce. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/global-development\/2015\/mar\/24\/youth-unemployment-timebomb-developing-countries-committee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The world needs to wake up to \u201cthe ticking timebomb\u201d of youth unemployment in developing countries and treat the issue as seriously as humanitarian disasters and global efforts to 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