Tackling the Covid-19 youth employment crisis in Asia and the Pacific
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According to the report, around 6.1 million youth in the 15-24 age group are likely to lose their jobs in 2020 if India takes six months ending September.
This will be around 40% of the total job losses the Asia-Pacific region is expected to witness.
India will be followed by Pakistan where around 2.3 million youth may lose their jobs and Indonesia may see 1.9 million youth out of work.
Youth unemployment rate in India may touch 32.5%, third highest unemployment rate predicted among the 13 countries in the region.
Only Sri Lanka (37.8%) and Fiji (36.85) will have a higher youth unemployment rate than India.
The report jointly released by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and International Labour Organization (ILO).