Around six million people became jobless in various sectors due to low production and supply chain disruption due to the Covid-19 pandemic, while experts fear the figure might increase if the current situation continued. South Asian Network on Economic Modelling (Sanem) mentioned this yesterday at a webinar on the country’s labour market. Sanem Research Director Sayema Haque Bidisha presented research findings on the topic in a paper titled “Covid-19 and the Challenges of Labour Market in Bangladesh.” BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD) Executive Director Imran Matin highlighted the movement of labour in the ICT market and said that collection of data on labour market should also consider this.
Around six million people became jobless in various sectors due to low production and supply chain disruption due to the Covid-19 pandemic, while experts fear the figure might increase if the current situation continued. South Asian Network on Economic Modelling (Sanem) mentioned this yesterday at a webinar on the country’s labour market. Sanem Research Director Sayema Haque Bidisha presented research findings on the topic in a paper titled “Covid-19 and the Challenges of Labour Market in Bangladesh.” BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD) Executive Director Imran Matin highlighted the movement of labour in the ICT market and said that collection of data on labour market should also consider this.
