Youth unemployment rates in the Arab region are the highest in the world, according a report from the U.N. International Labor Organization released on Tuesday. “As a region, youth unemployment is the highest globally at 23.2 percent, compared to a world average of 13.9 percent, and varies significantly within sub-regions," the report said. The report recommends that governments in the region introduce macroeconomic policy coherence aimed at improving productivity and increasing average wages as well as “participatory and inclusive social dialogue between governments, workers, and employers achieved through a fundamental reform of labor relations." It also calls for expanded unemployment and pension benefits in the region.