The pandemic could blight the future of up to 1. 8 billion young people, the World Bank has told the bbc. Those under the age of 25 have borne the Brunt Ofjob and wage cuts during the crisis. Now their prospects could be further hampered by a lack of access to employment, training and education, unless the opportunity to deliver better skills and jobs is seized. The bank kicks off its annual youth summit today. The bbc s global trade correspondent, dharshini david, spoke to its Vice President for human capital development, mamta murthi. Even before this pandemic, it was the case that about one third of the young people in the world were not in employment, they were not in education, and not in training, so there was already a problem before the crisis. Because of the crisis, we are seeing a significant impact. The ilo estimates one in six young people will lose theirjobs, be out of employment because of the crisis. This is on top of the crisis. This is on top of the over 1 the crisis.
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And down the country. But this time its different. Were not talking about Dark Alleys and late Night Pavement brawls. This is happening inside shops in broad daylight. The British Retail Consortium believes that there were 400 incidents of Violence And Abuse every day over the course of the pandemic. And the cost to business is rising. Joining me now is tom ironside, director of business and regulation, British Retail Consortiumdo we know why this behaviour is becoming more commonplace . Shopkeepers are facing very unacceptable levels of both Violence And Abuse. If you look at the findings of our survey they show that there were 165,000 instances of Violence And Abuse thusly or to put it on the way 455 per day and 45 of those, on average, involved the use of a weapon so it really does have a Deep Seated and very worrying dimension for retail workers. [30 and very worrying dimension for retail workers. Retail workers. Do we know why it is becoming retail workers. Do we know why it is be