14.6-M jobs needed — PIDS

The Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) has underscored the need to create 14.6-million jobs in the next four years by keeping the country on a sustained path of economic growth. PIDS said this would be possible through a "broad reform coalition” that will work to make growth inclusive and support policies to generate more and better jobs. "People want to earn a living, they don’t want handouts,” said Axel von Trotsenburg, World Bank vice president for East Asia and Pacific Region, as he opened the "Dialogue on Creating More and Better Jobs” at One Global Place in Bonifacio Global City, organized by the World Bank Philippines and PIDS as part of the activities for the 11th Development Policy Research Month. Trotsenburg noted that job creation is a real concern as it has a direct link to poverty, and considering that four billion people around the world live on less than $D4.00 a day.