Investing in People

Closing the Jobs Gap

Speakers: Ryan Roslansky, Denis Machuel, Jamie Heller, Gilbert Fossoun Houngbo, Veronica Nilsson, Tharman Shanmugaratnam

Despite a recent fall in global unemployment, 402 million people are still lacking jobs. Filling in this gap and addressing a lack of employment opportunities is critical to reduce existing inequalities.

How can we place high-quality employment at the heart of future economic policy, especially at a time when nearly a quarter of jobs are exposed to disruption?

This session was developed in collaboration with Business Insider.

Centre for the New Economy and Society

The Centre for the New Economy and Society provides a platform for leaders to shape inclusive and equitable economies and societies that create opportunity for all. The Centre’s work seeks to identify narratives, enablers and tipping points to break vicious cycles and create virtuous ones to build productive, job-rich, skills-based, inclusive and equitable economies, by consistently monitoring the emerging landscape and engaging the most re...

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