. At end-2004, the unemployment rate amounted to 12 percent, and about one-third of the labor force was considered …

employment. The medium-term macroeconomic framework plan entails the involvement of both the private and public sectors. Human …

crisis of 1999-2002 with the aim of (1) identifying the most vulnerable households, (2) investigating whether employment in … did not serve to decrease their vulnerability. A significant source of vulnerability was linked to changes in employment …

relatively fast employment growth in the past decade. Employment growth was not sufficient to reduce unemployment because of …Unemployment has remained high in the Philippines, at almost twice the level of neighboring countries, despite … rapid population growth and increased labor force participation. This paper shows that Philippine employment growth and …

that if annual GDP growth averages 7 percent and the employment elasticity is one-half, urban unemployment could double to …

This Selected Issues paper analyzes unemployment and education in Namibia. Using the Afrobarometer Project survey data …, and unemployment. The paper finds that unemployment probabilities depend on the level of education. The paper also …