How can we deal with children dropping out of school?
The problem of children dropping out of school and working have far-reaching implications for the overall development of a country.
12 June 2024, 06:00 AM
Decline in unemployment: Let’s pause before we celebrate
A rise in inflation will have a negative impact on the unemployment rate
2 November 2023, 01:00 AM
Women’s working hours and valuation of their unpaid care work
Women’s empowerment requires that women contribute to the society and the economy and it is also important for these contributions to be adequately recognised.
7 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Adequate data needed to capture true impact of Covid-19
The speed at which Covid-19 has spread across the globe is unforeseen and its impact in terms of health problems, lack of adequate health services and death was immediately evident.
29 September 2020, 18:00 PM
The development priorities now changed all on a sudden
To contain the spread of the lethal coronavirus, the government has put in place some inevitable measures like social distancing and countrywide shutdown though these may result in a downturn in economic growth.
22 April 2020, 18:00 PM
The low employment growth puzzle
The slow growth of employment between 2013 and 2015-16 is the most important observation emerging from the
19 August 2017, 18:00 PM
Our ventures are unending
In the last few decades, South Asian and Southeast Asian countries have experienced high rates of labour force growth associated with high population growth. The growing youth labour force can provide an important input for accelerating economic growth.
24 February 2017, 18:00 PM