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8. 体面工作和经济增长
过去的25年间，尽管出现了2008年的经济危机和全球衰退，生活在极端贫困中的工人数量大幅下降。在发展中国家，中产阶级占总体劳动力比重从1991年到2015年几乎增长了三倍，目前达到34%以上。
然而，随着全球经济回暖，我们也看到增长放缓、不平等加剧和没有足够工作以满足不断增长的劳动力的问题。根据国际劳工组织的数据，2015年有超过2.04亿人口处于失业状态。
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