Education

Unlimited opportunities: Creating more jobs for young people in emerging market and developing economies

10-year-old Ahmad Gani, a child beggar, stands on a commuter train near the Manggarai train station in Jakarta April 21, 2011. Gani, who is able to get up to $7 a day from begging, said that his mother ordered him not to go to school and to beg to support their family life. REUTERS/Beawiharta (INDONESIA - Tags: SOCIETY) - GM1E74L1IFQ01

Around 20% of 15 to 24-year-olds in emerging market economies are neither in school nor work. Image: REUTERS/Beawiharta

Christine Lagarde
President, European Central Bank
John Bluedorn
Senior Economist in the European department, IMF
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