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Asia's major populous countries are experiencing a graduate employment crisis, with Indonesia struggling to create jobs in high-skilled sectors, India facing a shortage of available positions compared to the number of college graduates, and China grappling with youth unemployment at 18.9%. The article highlights both immediate political tensions, such as student protests in India, and long-term economic risks associated with an insecure middle class, which hampers necessary reforms.

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Asia's most populous countries, including China, India, and Indonesia, are facing a significant graduate employment crisis. In China, the number of university graduates has surged, pushing youth unemployment to 18.9%. Meanwhile, in India, the rapid increase in college graduates has outpaced job creation, leading to student protests this summer. Indonesia struggles with stagnation in high-skilled job sectors. This crisis not only presents immediate political challenges but also long-term economic issues, as a former Indonesian finance minister noted that when the middle class feels insecure, governments become hesitant about implementing necessary reforms.

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Asia’s most populous countries are grappling with a graduate employment crisis, with huge numbers of young people entering job markets that lack roles to absorb them. asserted

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In Indonesia, job creation has largely stalled in high-skilled sectors; India has seen college graduate numbers far outpace new, available jobs; and China’s record number of university leavers has driven youth unemployment up to 18.9%. asserted

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The issue creates both short-term political challenges — India, for example, has seen student protests over the summer — and long-term economic ones: asserted

India → create → summer

“When the middle class feels insecure, governments grow cautious about policies that impose visible costs,” a former Indonesian finance minister wrote for an IMF magazine. asserted

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“Reform becomes hardest precisely when it is most needed.” asserted

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