Baku, Azerbaijan, Dec. 20
By Anvar Mammadov – Trend:
Azerbaijan may channel excessive labor force to export-oriented employment, Salim Muslumov, the country’s minister of labor and social protection of population, told reporters in Baku Dec. 20.
He said that presently, there is a situation in Azerbaijan when the supply of labor force exceeds the demand for it.
“We are facing questions regarding how to ensure employment of the labor force, whether we should create new jobs or channel excessive labor force to export-oriented employment, and whether in this case this force will be competitive in the world market,” Muslumov said.
The minister said that the studies held by a special working group of the ministry showed that in the next 10 years, as in the previous ones, the process of creating new workplaces with medium income should continue in Azerbaijan.
“With the improvement of Azerbaijan’s economic situation, the population growth has increased in recent years, and as a result, the number of able-bodied population greatly exceeds the number of jobs planned to be opened as part of the implementation of strategic road maps,” the minister noted.
At the same time, Muslumov added that the problem with excess of labor force cannot be solved only by opening new jobs.
“Excess of labor force may be employed through implementation of a number of programs – organizing freelance activity, shift work, creating self-employment programs,” the minister said.