DUSHANBE, June 14, 2013, Asia-Plus — According to the State Agency of Social Protection, Employment and Migration, some 52,000 persons have contacted the Agency during the first five months of this year for assistance with employment.
Of this total, more than 30,200 individuals have been registered as job seekers and some 21,800 have been officially registered as unemployed.
Over the same five-month period, more than 14,000 people have been placed in jobs, which is 27.6 percent of the total number of people who applied. The main reasons for providing a limited number of people with jobs were that the majority of unemployed do not have the necessary technical training or have lost skills due to prolonged unemployment, and the low level of wages offered by employers.
Over the first five months of this year, unemployment benefits have reportedly been provided to some 2,500 people for a total of 1.2 million somoni (1.00 US = 4.76 somoni).
Including carryover from 2012, on June 1, 2013, a total of some 79,000 persons were registered with the Agency as looking for work, including 56,500 registered as unemployed.
Over the report period, more than 8,300 people have been sent to vocational trainings, more than 2,200 people have been provided with paid public (temporary) jobs and 705 people have been provided with soft loans to start business.
According to the State Agency for Social Protection, Employment and Migration, some 88,000 new jobs have been created in the country during the first five months of 2013, which is 41.7 percent more than in the same period last year (more than 61,800).
