Unemployment Problem in Bangladesh

Unemployment problem in Bangladesh Introduction :

Unemployment means the state of being without any work both for the educated and uneducated for earning one¶s livelihood.

Unemployment problem has become a great concern all over the world. But nowhere inthe world

this problem is so acute as in Bangladesh. Thousand of people in our countryare without any job.

Cause of unemployment :

Bangladesh, like other developing countries, suffers from large-scale disguised

unemployment in the sense that, even with unchanged techniques of agriculture a large

part of the population engaged in agriculture could be removed without reducing

agricultural output. Beyond agriculture, disguised unemployment is also existing in large

industries, offices and organizations, particularly in the public sector.

Unemployment among the educated youths is one of the major problems in Bangladesh.

The unemployment rate for the population having secondary school certificate level

education and above is significantly higher than those with a lower level of education.

The unemployment rate for educated women is higher compared to that for the male

population.

In Bangladesh salaried/wage employment in the formal sectors is not big enough to take care of the huge number of unemployed. Employment promotion, especially, creation of

self-employment opportunities, continues as the most important functions of the Bureau

of Manpower Employment and Training. The Fifth Five-Year Plan for 1997-2002 had set

a target of creating additional employment of 6.35 million persons. Of this, a total of

1,60,000 persons are expected to be engaged in self-employment. Emphasis had been

given on training and credit support to women micro entrepreneurs in cottage industries

and other traditional and non-traditional sectors including skill development for service

industries and other non-farm activities. The private sector and NGOs are also playing a

vital role to this end.

Effect of...