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A new report [says / say] the number of young people without a job is still very high in many countries. There are [current / currently] 73 million people around the world [ages / aged] 15-24 who want to work but cannot [finding / find] a job. The International Labour Organization (ILO) said that [although / through] youth unemployment is [coming / come] down in rich countries, it is [raising / rising] in most of Asia, the Middle East, North Africa and Brazil. The youth unemployment rate in China increased [for / from] 9.3 per cent in 2010 to 10.6 per cent last year. Economists say it will be 11.1 per cent in 2016. In Brazil, the [figure / figured] for youth unemployment was 14 per cent at the beginning of this year, but is now almost 16 per cent. The ILO warns that youth employment worldwide is [sat / set] to rise.

The ILO said it is [difficulty / difficult] for many young people who are looking for work. It said: "It's still not [easily / easy] to be young and starting out in today's labour [market / marketing] ." It is [peculiar / particularly] bad for many young women. The highest [gate / rate] of youth unemployment around the world is for women in the Middle East and North Africa. This figure is [around / abound] 45 per cent. There are many [reasons / reasoning] for the gloomy figures for youth unemployment. One major [factory / factor] is the global financial collapse of 2008. Many countries have still not recovered from that. The ILO says youth unemployment is not just [importance / important] for a country's economy. It also affects health, social unrest and [levels / level] of people's happiness.