Labour force workshop starts for BBS juniors

A three-day workshop started yesterday on how to project the labour market for the junior officers of Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.

The workshop will mainly analyse the labour force surveys of 2005 and 2010 to understand the changing nature of the labour force.

“Besides analysing previous surveys, the workshop will train participants to be able to project future trends in the labour market,” said Sayema Haque Bidisha, an associate professor of economics at Dhaka University, and a trainer of the workshop.

The event is being organised by International Growth Centre and Brac Institute of Governance and Development at the BBS office in the capital.

“To be able to project the future characteristics of labour market force is crucial while forming economic policies and strategies that can affect the employment opportunities of the masses,” Bidisha said.

Increasing the employment rate of the country is key to Bangladesh's poverty reduction, and policymakers should keep in mind that the number of people entering the country's labour force, their gender, age, skills and education are ever changing, she said.

Selim Raihan, professor of economics at DU, will conduct a number of sessions at the workshop.

BBS Director General Golam Mostofa Kamal and BBS Secretary Suraiya Begum were also present.