Global unemployment to increase in 2024, warns ILO report

Global unemployment is expected to rise this year, with growing inequality and stagnant productivity also a cause for concern on the economic horizon, the UN labour agency ILO said on Wednesday.

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Global unemployment to increase in 2024, warns ILO report

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