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Tens of millions of people worldwide will be condemned to long-term joblessness unless global leaders make significant changes to address unemployment and worker training, according to a new study. Between 90 and 95 million low-skill workers - or 2.6 percent of the global workforce - will not be needed by employers by 2020 and will be vulnerable to permanent joblessness, according to a report released by the McKinsey Global Institute.