Falling US unemployment rate hides racial disparities
The US jobs report on Friday showed the black unemployment rate in April fell to its lowest on record but the figure hides a multitude of racial disparities. And those…
Poverty, unemployment, some other grim realities
With the advent of Naya Pakistan came a promise to create 10 million new jobs within a 5-year term. This was not an unreasonable target. According to a 2018 Human…
Unemployment, danger and violence pushing Hondurans to flee to US
Choking back tears, Glenda Lagos laments the departure of her teenage daughter to join the Honduran migrant caravan heading to the United States despite threats from President Donald Trump to…
The unemployment challenge
Mohsin Iqbal in a letter to the editor of Business Recorder had asked me to write about 'the unemployment challenge'. This article is in response to the request. Source of…
Unemployment in Balochistan
On April 12, recruitment tests for vacancies in the education department of Balochistan started. These tests are being conducted by the National Testing Service in all districts of Balochistan. According…
Unemployment issue
On the unemployment issue, government policies have to be made keeping in mind the yearly addition, the new entrants to the work force as well as to absorb the current…
Poverty, unemployment and distribution of income
Poverty and unemployment misbalance the economic scene of a state. Poverty is directly responsible for the crime in society and it blocks the creative edge. The state nevertheless plays an…
The fear of unemployment
IF 2008 can be described as a year of inflation, 2009 may turn out to be a year of unemployment unless the government gives up its habit of waiting for…
Poverty reduction and social protection
The whole debate on whether Pakistan should have a lockdown or not revolved around the lack of the government’s willingness to offer social protection to the poor after the one-time…
An exercise in box-ticking
In the federal cabinet of the current government, everyone seems busy doing someone else’s job – and no one is doing it well. This has been a hallmark of the…
