Unemployment and underemployment lie at the core of poverty or one can say one of the factors leading to poverty. For the poor, labor is commonly the sole asset they will use to boost their well-being. Hence the creation of productive employment opportunities is crucial for achieving poverty reduction and sustainable economic and social development. It's crucial to produce decent jobs that both secure income and empowerment for the poor, especially women and younger people. The rapid economic process can potentially bring a high rate of expansion of productive and remunerative employment, which might result in a discount in poverty. Nevertheless, the contribution of the expansion process to poverty reduction doesn't depend only on the speed of the economic process, but also on the f...
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