The 21st Century climate challenge

Unemployment Refers to all people above a specifiedage who are not in paid employment or self-employed,but are available for work and have taken specific stepsto seek paid employment or self-employment.Unemployment, long-term Unemployment lasting12 months or longer. See Unemployment.Unemployment rate The unemployed divided by thelabour force (those employed plus the unemployed). SeeUnemployment and Labour force.Unemployment rate, youth Refers to the unemploymentrate between the ages of 15 or 16 and 24, dependingon the national definition. See Unemployment andUnemployment rate.Water source, improved, population not usingCalculated as 100 minus the percentage of the populationusing an improved water source. Unimprovedsources include vendors, bottled water, tanker trucksand unprotected wells and springs. See Water source,improved, population using.Water source, improved, population using The shareof the population with reasonable access to any of thefollowing types of water supply for drinking: householdconnections, public standpipes, boreholes, protecteddug wells, protected springs and rainwater collection.Reasonable access is defined as the availability of at least20 litres a person per day from a source within one kilometreof the user’s dwelling.Women in government at ministerial levelIncludes deputy prime ministers and ministers.Prime ministers were included when they heldministerial portfolios. Vice-presidents and heads ofministerial-level departments or agencies were alsoincluded when exercising a ministerial function inthe government structure.Work time, total See Time use, work time, total.HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2007/2008 371