How to create better, fairer jobs?

This video is part of: Centre for the New Economy and Society

"1.2 billion people in the developing and emerging world are going to be entering the workforce in the next ten years. 1.2 billion. It's without precedent. And on all reasonable projections, we'll be producing something like 400 million jobs." Tharman Shanmugaratnam, President of Singapore.

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