Niger
Niger is a large
landlocked sub-Saharan country with a population of 10,000,000. Most of
its citizens live in extreme poverty, with 63% of the population rated
as poor and 34% extremely poor. Jobs are scarce, a majority of which do
not pay wages enough to lift workers out of poverty. The unemployment
rate is particularly high among the young, and there is a wide gap between
those seeking and those finding work. In macroeconomic terms, Niger's
large burden of foreign debt more than doubled between 1995 and 1999.
Imports during the same period rose, while exports remained stagnant.
Growth exceeded 9% in 1998 due to positive results from an agricultural
campaign, but the economy sunk into recession in 1999 and 2000. Structural
adjustment programs since 1982 have promised, but failed to deliver, an
increase in share of GDP from industrial production and trade. Recent
years have seen a shrinking of the modern private sector and an expansion
of the informal, non-primary sector.
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Source:
USTN—
Union des Syndicats des Travailleurs du Niger
(National Union of Nigerian Workers)
Bourse du Travail
Boîte postale 388
Niamey
Niger
Tel/Fax: (227)
73 52 56
Update posted: April 9, 2002.
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