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With opportunity scarce, Brazil’s youth demand more than the World Cup (VIDEO)

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‘Educational apartheid’ has long created an opportunity gap for young Brazilians. In today’s economy, even a good education is no guarantee of a good job.

Egypt’s young entrepreneurs work to fulfill revolution’s promise

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Why Spain’s unemployed millennials are rushing to join the navy (VIDEO)

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Students throw their hats in the air to celebrate a graduation in front of the main gate of Tehran University in Tehran, Iran, July 7, 2019.

Young, educated Iranians create a ‘tsunami’ of unemployment

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How Youngstown, Ohio became a poster child for post-industrial America (VIDEO)

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Why these young Nigerians aren’t waiting for their government to help them

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Nigeria is now Africa’s largest economy but government corruption and incompetence make life ‘impossible’ for millions. Young people like Mr. Jobs are working to create possibiliti

To ride Philippine outsourcing wave, a contest of brains and beauty for young jobseekers

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Business is good for call centers hiring young talent, but most millennials are finding they’re not qualified for the available jobs.

South Africa’s township youth see apartheid’s legacy all around them

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With a youth unemployment rate above 50 percent, the 21-year-old democracy is having trouble escaping its past.

Why Bosnia has the world’s highest youth unemployment rate

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Twenty years after the war’s end, ethnic divisions and a corrupt bureaucracy stifle the country’s growth and drive youth to leave.

In job-hungry Italy, neo-Fascists await young migrants

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With the youth unemployment rate at 44 percent, competition for jobs pits native Italians against Eritreans, Sudanese and Syrians fleeing war and repression.

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