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Asia must focus on job creation to sustain growth, says new book.

Publication: M2 Presswire
Publication Date: 28-APR-06
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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M2 PRESSWIRE-28 April 2006-ADB: Asia must focus on job creation to sustain growth, says new book(C)1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

RDATE:27042006

NEW DELHI, INDIA - At least half a billion people in developing Asia are unemployed or underemployed and finding ways to provide them productive jobs should top economic agendas around the region, according to Labor Markets in Asia: Issues and Perspectives, an ADB book launched today.

Asia has made significant progress in reducing poverty over the last two decades. But almost 1.9 billion Asians still survive on less than $2 a day. There are many causes of poverty, but in the final analysis poverty exists because people are either unable to find work or earn too little from the work they do, according to the book.

Out of a total labor force of around 1.7 billion, at least...

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