Summary (English)

This Policy document highlights employment generation related constraints and then proposes
solutions as follows;

Constraints:

• Low investment level;
• Limited employment opportunities;
• High unemployment and underemployment levels, especially for the youth;
• High illiteracy rate;
• Under-representation of women in wage-earning jobs;
• Insufficient data on the labor market, etc

Proposed solutions

• Rural sector development;
• Private sector and entrepreneurship development support;
• Youth employment promotion;
• Women employment promotion;
• Employment promotion for vulnerable groups.
• Strengthening the labour intensive approach in economic and social infrastructure programs;
• Human resource development and employability;
• Promotion of tripartism and social dialogue;
• Social security promotion;

For this policy to be effectively implemented, the existing Partnership between the public and the private sector will be reinforced and incentive mechanisms to make financial facilities accessible will be established.