Latest Youth Unemployment News & Updates

New Delhi, Jan 14 (IANS) A lack of sustained growth has left real incomes falling which led to a ‘failing Pakistan’ despite signs of macroeconomic stabilisation and reform, a report said on Wednesday. The Express Tribune said in a report citing Household Integrated Economic Survey (HIES) data that the improved headline indicators alongside deteriorating social outcomes suggest a stark contrast.Real GDP growth averaged just 2.47 per cent across recent years barely in line with population growth…

New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) Pakistan is underperforming economically because its education and skills systems fail to convert human potential into productivity, a report said on Saturday.The report from Pakistan Observer said that low public spending on education, outdated curricula, inadequate teacher training, limited vocational pathways and poor research funding have produced persistent skill shortages and high youth unemployment.Pakistan’s Human Capital Index of 0.41 indicates a child born tod…