Bangladesh: The poorer the mother, the less likely she has access to skilled delivery support – CARE

Priyanka was 16 when pregnant with her first child. She carried the baby for nine months when she fell into a hole in the water pump next to her house. “After I fell, I kept silent,” she recalls, an absent gaze on her face. “I didn’t know what to do. My belly turned hard. I […]
Farm Groups Fear New WOTUS Rule and More Skilled Work in Rural America – AG INFORMATION NETWORK OF THE WEST

Farm Groups Fear New WOTUS Rule and More Skilled Work in Rural America From the Ag Information Network, I’m Bob Larson with your Agribusiness Update. **Farm groups say they fear the EPA’s new “Waters of the United States” rule will create confusion and cause disruptions to routine agricultural activities. The rule expands the federal government’s […]
Productivity in govt factories low for lack of skilled labour

Seminar on World Productivity Day told FE REPORT | Published: October 03, 2022 10:56:31 | Updated: October 03, 2022 15:19:10 Productivity in the country’s government-run factories is unsatisfactory for lack of skilled labour, accountability as well as transparency, speakers observed at a seminar on Sunday. On the eve of the National Productivity Day- 2022, National […]
With 1 in 5 workers ‘skilled’, India ranks 129 among 162 | India News – Times of India

Barely one in five Indians in the labour force is “skilled” according to the just released Human Development Report (HDR) 2020. With the figure at 21.2%, India is 129th among 162 countries for which this data is available. The countries closest to India in sharing this dubious distinction are Ivory Coast, Sudan, Liberia and Cameroon, […]