Bhutan Development Update, June 2018 : Youth Unemployment Rate Increased under High Growth

Bhutan maintained solid growth and macroeconomic stability during 2016/17. The national poverty headcount rate fell from 12 percent in 2012 to 8 percent in 2017. However, the job challenges remained unaddressed. the youth unemployment rate increased from 10.7 percent in 2015 to 13.2 percent in 2016...

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spelling okr-10986-301202021-05-25T09:16:15Z Bhutan Development Update, June 2018 : Youth Unemployment Rate Increased under High Growth World Bank Group POLITICAL CONTEXT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC OUTLOOK RISKS INFLATION TRADE FISCAL TRENDS DEBT SUSTAINABILITY MONETARY POLICY Bhutan maintained solid growth and macroeconomic stability during 2016/17. The national poverty headcount rate fell from 12 percent in 2012 to 8 percent in 2017. However, the job challenges remained unaddressed. the youth unemployment rate increased from 10.7 percent in 2015 to 13.2 percent in 2016 indicating that high growth was not able to generate enough jobs for youth. 2018-08-02T20:19:40Z 2018-08-02T20:19:40Z 2018-06 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/427291529611951748/Bhutan-development-update-youth-unemployment-rate-increased-under-high-growth http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30120 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Economic Updates and Modeling South Asia Bhutan
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topic POLITICAL CONTEXT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
RISKS
INFLATION
TRADE
FISCAL TRENDS
DEBT SUSTAINABILITY
MONETARY POLICY
spellingShingle POLITICAL CONTEXT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
RISKS
INFLATION
TRADE
FISCAL TRENDS
DEBT SUSTAINABILITY
MONETARY POLICY
World Bank Group
Bhutan Development Update, June 2018 : Youth Unemployment Rate Increased under High Growth
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description Bhutan maintained solid growth and macroeconomic stability during 2016/17. The national poverty headcount rate fell from 12 percent in 2012 to 8 percent in 2017. However, the job challenges remained unaddressed. the youth unemployment rate increased from 10.7 percent in 2015 to 13.2 percent in 2016 indicating that high growth was not able to generate enough jobs for youth.
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title Bhutan Development Update, June 2018 : Youth Unemployment Rate Increased under High Growth
title_short Bhutan Development Update, June 2018 : Youth Unemployment Rate Increased under High Growth
title_full Bhutan Development Update, June 2018 : Youth Unemployment Rate Increased under High Growth
title_fullStr Bhutan Development Update, June 2018 : Youth Unemployment Rate Increased under High Growth
title_full_unstemmed Bhutan Development Update, June 2018 : Youth Unemployment Rate Increased under High Growth
title_sort bhutan development update, june 2018 : youth unemployment rate increased under high growth
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