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Social Welfare and Human Development
Labour and Employment
The present government has undertaken various measures to expand the opportunities for domestic and overseas employment. Remittances from Bangladeshis working abroad have marked a steep rise during the nineties due to a massive outflow of workers from Bangladesh. As an export item, manpower exports currently occupy the second position with an annual inflow of over 1 billion U.S. Dollars. The Middle Eastern countries along with Malaysia, South Korea and Japan are the principal destination for Bangladeshi workers.
The Labour Policy of the present Government embodies creation of an environment conducive to improved Labour-Management relations in order to provide higher wages through higher productivity, Tripartism. productivity, provision of incentives, Labour welfare. employment generation, earnings according to work, and a healthy growth of trade Unionism have been emphasized for ensuring basic needs of all and a balanced economic growth. Vocational training institutes across the country produce skilled manpower both for domestic and overseas employment. Because of rapid population growth, human resource development and generation of employment opportunities have been attached topmost priority by the government.
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