<br/>Contents<br/>Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .&nbsp; &nbsp;5<br/>Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .&nbsp; &nbsp;7<br/>2008: From financial crisis in developed countries<br/>to a global economic and jobs crisis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .&nbsp; &nbsp;9<br/>Government responses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .&nbsp; &nbsp;10<br/>Economic growth and labour market developments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11<br/>Regional labour market developments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14<br/>Labour market outlook for 2008 and 2009: scenarios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .&nbsp; &nbsp;18<br/>Scenarios for 2009: unemployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18<br/>Scenarios for 2008 and 2009: working poverty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .&nbsp; &nbsp;20<br/>Scenarios for 2008 and 2009: vulnerable employment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22<br/>Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24<br/>Policy concerns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .&nbsp; &nbsp;25<br/>Annexes<br/>Annex 1. Tables<br/>Table A1. Economic growth and change in unemployment,<br/>world and regions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .&nbsp; &nbsp;27<br/>Table A2. Unemployment rate, world and regions (%) . . . . . . . . . . . . 28<br/>Table A3. Unemployment in the world (million) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .&nbsp; &nbsp;29<br/>Table A4. Labour force participation rate in the world (%) . . . . . . . . .&nbsp; &nbsp;29<br/>Table A5. Employment-to-population rate, world and regions (%) . . . .&nbsp; &nbsp;30<br/>Table A6. Sectoral share in employment, world and regions (%) . . . . . . 31<br/>Table A7. Working poor indicators, world and regions . . . . . . . . . . .&nbsp; &nbsp;32<br/>Table A8. Vulnerable employment shares, world and regions (%) . . . . .&nbsp; &nbsp;33<br/>Annex 2. Scenarios<br/>Table S1. 2009 Unemployment scenarios (rates) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34<br/>Table S2. 2009 Unemployment scenarios (numbers of people) . . . . . . . 35<br/>Table S3. 2008-2009 Working poverty scenarios (USD 1.25, rates) . . .&nbsp; &nbsp;36<br/>Table S4. 2008-2009 Working poverty scenarios<br/>(USD 1.25, numbers of people) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37<br/>Table S5. 2008-2009 Working poverty scenarios (USD 2, rates) . . . . .&nbsp; &nbsp;38<br/>Table S6. 2008-2009 Working poverty scenarios<br/>(USD 2, numbers of people) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .&nbsp; &nbsp;39<br/>Table S7. 2008-2009 Vulnerable employment scenarios (rates) . . . . . . . 40<br/>Table S8. 2008-2009 Vulnerable employment scenarios (numbers of people) 41<br/>Annex 3. Regional figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .&nbsp; &nbsp;42<br/>Annex 4. Note on world and regional tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49<br/>Annex 5. Methodologies for constructing scenarios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .&nbsp; &nbsp;51<br/>