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Asia Pacific
ILO Report Calls for Boosting Job Creation
New ILO report finds high shares of youth Not in Employment, Education or Training (NEETs), regional and gender gaps, and growing youth anxiety about...
Finance and Economy
India’s Economic Survey 2023-24: Navigating Post-Election Challenges and Economic Growth
As India navigates its post-election landscape, addressing the critical need for job creation in the non-farm sector will be pivotal in fostering inclusive economic...
Entrepreneurship
Does Technology Help or Hurt Employment?
Combing through 35,000 job categories in US census data, economists found a new way to quantify technology’s effects on job loss and creation.
Peter Dizikes | MIT...
Finance and Economy
Sri Lanka’s Economy Shows Signs of Stabilization; but Poverty to Remain Elevated: World Bank
Poverty rates continued to rise for the fourth year in a row, with an estimated 25.9 per cent of Sri Lankans living below the...
Bhutan
Bhutan’s Hydropower-led Growth Model Not Labour-intensive: World Bank
The authors of the report say that over 40 per cent of workers in Bhutan remain engaged in low-productivity agricultural employment. This finding is...
E-governance
Government Considers AI a Kinetic Enabler for Growth, Says Minister
The Government considers Artificial Intelligence (AI) to be kinetic enabler for the growth of the country’s digital economy, investments and jobs. The government has...
Accountability
UNDP Calls for Unfreezing Afghan Assets as Taliban Have Reversed Gains of Past Decade
In its latest report on Afghanistan under Taliban rule, the UNDP says that ten years of Afghan economic growth have been reversed in just...
Entrepreneurship
Creating Jobs in the Hills of Uttarakhand
Jan Shikshan Sansthan’s skill development and entrepreneurship programme is helping unemployed youth, including school drop-outs, and women in the hill areas of Uttarakhand lead productive...
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Climate Change: ‘Graveyard of Glaciers’ Lays Bare Existential Threat of Melting Ice
Five years ago, the premature death of the Ok glacier in Iceland was commemorated in a ceremony attended by...
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Maldives’ Central Bank Assures Debt Repayment Capability Amid Credit Rating Downgrades
The government has committed to implementing the recommended measures proposed by the rating agencies and is actively working on...
ADB Approves $100 Million Loan for Water Sector Reforms in Sri Lanka
In a bid to boost efficiency and performance within the sector, the program will assist in the development of...
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Climate Change: ‘Graveyard of Glaciers’ Lays Bare Existential Threat of Melting Ice
Five years ago, the premature death of the Ok...
Maldives’ Central Bank Assures Debt Repayment Capability Amid Credit Rating Downgrades
The government has committed to implementing the recommended measures...
