Prolonged production shutdowns due to COVID-19 are severing ties between employers and workers. In Myanmar’s garments sector, as of early April, tens of thousands of workers have already been laid off, with many more facing risks of job loss. Further, some firms appear to be acting opportunistically to fire union members. These types of manufacturing…
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Start-Up Capital for Youth
Unemployment among young people is one of the most pressing social and economic problems facing less developed countries today. Data from the 2005 Kenya Integrated Household Budget Survey found that approximately 21% of youths are unemployed, and a further 25% are neither in school nor working. While the traditional academic schooling track offers large labour…
Assisting Job Search in Low-Employment Communities
Jobs are hard to find in Africa. Searching for jobs in African labour markets is expensive and time consuming. Job seekers, the young unemployed in particular, find it hard to be selected for the available positions. As a result, new employment opportunities are often not shared equally. Many economies in sub-Saharan Africa have achieved high…