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1. WELCOME TO THE PRESENTATION ON
UNEMPLOYMENT PROBLEM
OF BANGLADESH
AHSANULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
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2. Group Member:
Ibnat Tasnim Supti 13.01.02.093
Shamarat Rahman 13.01.02.084
Nabeeha Tasneem 13.01.02.092
Jannat Jarin 13.01.02.076
Nuran Durdany 13.01.02.061
Presented By
GROUP : ECOBABBLE
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3. UNEMPLOYMENT
About 2 Corer people are unemployment in Bangladesh.
At Present, the unemployment rate in Bangladesh is 13%.
 Unemployment does not include:-
 Full time student.
 the retired person.
 children.
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4. Nature of Unemployment Problem in Bangladesh
1. Rural Unemployment Problem.
2. Urban Unemployment.
3. Educated Unemployment.
4. Unemployed Women.
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5. 1. Rural Unemployment Problem
 The rural unemployment rate is 65% of total manpower.
 It has been two side of problem in unemployment :-
I. Seasonal Unemployment :- It is created by seasonal variation in
particular sector.
II. Disguised Unemployment :- disguised unemployment implies
underemployment of labor.
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6. 2. Urban Unemployment
 Urban unemployment is which exist in urban areas
3. Educated Unemployment
 Graduate unemployment rate increase in Bangladesh.
 Currently 47% graduates of Bangladesh are unemployed “According to
Economist Intelligence Unit”.
 About 3 lac people are currently unemployed in Bangladesh,” According to ILO”.
 Unemployed people goes to 6 crore in 2015.
 the position of Bangladesh is 12 among the 20 unemployment growing
countries, (ILO).
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7. 4. Unemployed Women
In our Country, women are still lagged behind.
 Various Superstitious.
 Religious factors.
 Lack of education
 Work atmosphere badly influence women to do work.
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8. Types of Unemployment
1. Seasonal unemployment.
2. Search unemployment.
3. Casual unemployment.
4. Cyclical unemployment.
5. Technological unemployment.
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9. 1. Seasonal Unemployment
It is created by seasonal variation in particular sectors
 Cultivating crops.
 Construction sectors.
 Fruits picking.
2. Search Unemployment
Changing careers.
 Moving new city & when they arrive.
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10. 3. Casual Unemployment
• People are able to work but they choose not to any work
4. Cyclical Unemployment
• When the Economy enters a recession
• When GDP is negative , Unemployment is high.
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11. When technical change causes some workers to lose their job.
Type writer has been replaced by computer.
5. Technological Unemployment
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12. Causes of Unemployment Problem In Our Country :
Over Population : The number of total population of our country is about 16 crore . Now, population
growth rate is 1.6% .Over population increases unemployment problem .
Poverty : Sometimes , because of poverty it is difficult for young person to start a self-employed
business.
Lack of Skilled People : At present 30% of total population are young, among them few are skilled .
Lack of Training : As compared to the number of unemployed people of our country, the number of
training institutions are not sufficient.
Lack of working scope : In our country there are not available business and job sectors . So, many people
remains unemployed .
Huge number of Candidates : In our country , there are huge number of candidates in any recruitment
exam in public and private sectors, huge no of candidates fight for a single vacant post.
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13. Effect of Unemployment Problem In Our Country :
Decline of the standard of living : If there is no income , the standard of living will reduce. As an
unemployed person has no income ,so his standard of living is low.
Creation of frustration : Unemployed people become hopeless, they can be addicted with drugs , they
include them in evil thinking and crimes.
Hinders to economic growth : unemployment problem constraints our economic prosperity ,without
unemployment problem our economic growth will increase.
Increasing Corruption : For unemployment problem, people want to get jobs by hook and crook, even
they follow illegal means to get a job , by giving money and keeping connection with powerful persons.
Decline of social status : An unemployed are treated as important persons of a society, everybody
looks down him .
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14. Measures For Reducing Unemployment Problem In
Our Country :
Rapid Industrialization:
I. Giving emphasize on those industries with more business scope for employment .
II. Promoting export –oriented readymade garments (RMG) units. Now in Bangladesh more than
4 million people are working in garments of which more than 80% workers are women.
III. Establishing industries in undeveloped areas and other areas with more unemployed people.
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15. Extension of Technical knowledge :
I. Providing technical knowledge through workshop in the industrial sectors .
II. Providing training at agriculture sectors .
III. Providing IT training .
Measures For Reducing Unemployment Problem In Our Country :
Extension of development programs :
I. Offering Ka-Bi-Kha (Food, based on work ), ka-Bi-ta (Money, based on work) programs to
unemployed people.
II. Developing PWD (Public Work division ) programs frequently.
III. Increasing the various development activities of non-government organizations, like
BRAC(Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee),ASA(Association on for Social
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16. Send more manpower to foreign :
In previous years about 7-8 lac people were sent to foreign countries per year , recently, per year
about 3 to 4 lac people were sent to foreign countries. According to Bangladesh Manpower
Employment & Training Bureau the number of people had been sent to foreign are:
Measures For Reducing Unemployment Problem In Our Country :
Year Number of People Sent to Foreign Country
2006 About 3 lac 81 thousands
2007 About 4 lac
2008 About 3 lac 50 thousands
2009 About 4 lac 75 thousands
2010 About 3 lac 90 thousands
2011 About 5 lac
2014-2015 About 5 lac
I. Making arrangements for creating exportable manpower fulfilling requirements of foreign
countries.
II. Establishing high-quality training institution for developing skill.
III. Keeping good relation with foreign counties.
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17. Increase employment scope for women :
I. Providing incentive based education to women.
II. Providing training for self-employment to women.
III. Increasing the number of women employee at NGOs. At present 90-95% women are
included in NGOs about 25% women employee increase by 10 years.
Measures For Reducing Unemployment Problem In Our Country :
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18. Role of Government and Non-Government
Organization In Reducing Unemployment
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19. Is The Level of Unemployment
Rising or Reducing ?
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20. -In the nineties the growth rate of unemployment was 1.9% (According to ILO)
-The current rate of unemployment is 3.7%
The ILO figures also show Bangladesh in the twelfth position among the top
twenty countries in the world where unemployment is rising.
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21. Role of Government Organization in
Reducing Unemployment
1. Betterment of the Employment Exchange
2. Providing Better Educational Facilities to Citizens
-Illiteracy reached 33% in Bangladesh, 82% in Peru, 66% in Saudi Arabia, 67% in Brazil & Morocco
3.More Job Fairs
-Industrialization
-Private Investment
4.Improving Pay Scale
-Increase pay scale in government & public sector
5.Send More Manpower to Foreign
-According to bureau of Manpower Employment and Training (BMET) a total of 66,327 people more then
60% work in the Middle East.
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22. Role of Non-Government Organization in
Reducing Unemployment
1.Improving the workforce
-Better & stronger supply of labor
-Practical experience
-High-level soft skills
2.Promoting Private Sector Investment
-Job creation
-Forming of entrepreneurship
3.Extension Of Development Programs
-Providing vocational & technical training
-Create awareness
4.Governments are Obliged To Cooperate With The Private Sector To Achieve a Better
Qualified Workforce
-Invest in physical & social infrastructure
-Institutional Capacity
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23. Conclusion
Unemployment is a great curse to a nation. We can not expect the development
of our country leaving its million of people unemployment to survive as a
boastful nation. We should make all out effort to get rid of this curse.
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24. THANK YOU
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