Employment Strategy Aims for 9% Unemployment Rate in 2017
17 December 2012
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Appearing on Shems FM, Abdelwaheb Mater, Minister of Employment, indicated that the new Employment Strategy aims to achieve an unemployment rate of around 9% in 2017, compared to the current 17%.
According to the minister, the new employment model, which breaks with the conception of employment in old development models, sets the responsibilities of ministries for promoting employment. "If we keep the old development model, whose inability to absorb new annual job applications has been demonstrated, we will have 1.5 million unemployed in 2017 because the production sectors mainly rely on low-cost labor."
He emphasized that the state has projects and programs in the field of renewable energies, which have a strong employment capacity, particularly in the regions of Tataouine, Gabès, and Kebili.
Shems.AM
Africanmanager.com
Published December 17, 2012.
Posted online December 17, 2012.
According to the minister, the new employment model, which breaks with the conception of employment in old development models, sets the responsibilities of ministries for promoting employment. "If we keep the old development model, whose inability to absorb new annual job applications has been demonstrated, we will have 1.5 million unemployed in 2017 because the production sectors mainly rely on low-cost labor."
He emphasized that the state has projects and programs in the field of renewable energies, which have a strong employment capacity, particularly in the regions of Tataouine, Gabès, and Kebili.
Shems.AM
Africanmanager.com
Published December 17, 2012.
Posted online December 17, 2012.
