From: Abraham Rein (ARein@sorosny.org)
Date: Wed Oct 18 2000 - 13:32:58 EDT
TAJIKISTAN GRAPPLES WITH UNEMPLOYMENT. Speaking in Dushanbe
on 13 October, Tajik Employment Minister Rafiqa Musaeva said
that between 1989 -2000 Tajikistan's population increased by
over 1 million, to 6.105 million, while the able-bodied
population increased over the same timeframe by 640,000
people to 3 million, Asia Plus-Blitz reported. She estimated
that unemployment nationwide will reach 16.3 percent by the
end of this year. In Khatlon Oblast, the largest in the
country, 6,800 people out of a total population of 2.14
million are registered as unemployed, while in the Gorno-
Badakhshan Autonomous Republic 15,179 of the 203,500
inhabitants are officially registered as seeking work. LF
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