73 of the working population work in agriculture, fishing, forests, hunting.

In 2002, people of regular working age and working capacity were 44.73 million (accounting for 56.1 of the population) of which women accounted for 50.6 .

Programme implementation and future programme of work of the Secretariat in the field of population

Only 15 per cent of the working age population pays into the pension system.

Table 3.6 Ratio of population from 13 years old by working status

Report of the Secretary General on programme implementation and progress of work in the field of population in 2005 Population Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs (E CN.9 2006 6)

Considering the importance of the work of Partners in Population and Development,

The United Nations and our humanitarian partners, as well as the donors, should be guided in their own response by the needs of the population.

The EU s first 50 years were characterized by a growing population and a high proportion of working age people relative to children and the elderly.

(b) Report of the Secretary General on programme implementation and progress of work in the field of population in 2004 Population Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs (E CN.9 2005 9)

As fertility declines, the proportion of the population comprising children (persons under age 15) also declines, whereas the proportion of the population of working age increases, resulting in a decreasing dependency ratio (defined as the average number of children and elderly persons per 10 persons of working age).

In Latin America 25 million indigenous women constitute the population group having the fewest opportunities to obtain work, land, education, health care and justice.

More than 10 of the entire adult Baltic population was deported or sent to Soviet labour camps.

Badawi's work has also addressed the ongoing exchange between some indigenous communities in Brazil and the country's rapidly growing urban population.

Reforms in the labour market are required to meet the challenges and seize the opportunities presented by population ageing.

Source General Statistics Office, Vietnam 1999 Population and Housing Census, Labour and employment Monograph in Viet Nam, Ha Noi 2002

These CVs are respected by the community and offer a basis for local response in terms of diagnosis and treatment.

Over the past few years the Dutch government has tried to make it easier for people to combine work and care.

Most of them use the public transportation network daily to travel from their home to their place of work, education or entertainment.

In that regard, we urge the Government to work with the international community and the humanitarian agencies to address the needs of the vulnerable population.

Source General Statistics Office, Vietnam 1999 Population and Housing Census, Labour and employment Monograph in Viet Nam, Ha Noi 2002

In the case of Uganda, 64 per cent of the people are not unemployed but underemployed.

At the level of targeted populations, several United Nations organizations are mobilizing voluntary action through the projects and programmes they support.

This last element is important because only the working age population represents an economy s productive potential.

Bolivia has 9 million inhabitants one million are child workers, some who started working as early as seven.

This latter work reproduces most of the results of the census, and is a good deal easier to find in western libraries than the original publication.

A great deal needs to be done to strengthen the legitimacy of State institutions, including law enforcement authorities, in the eyes of the population.

(e) Focusing on special needs efforts of working with vulnerable or special populations

Basic information is lacking on the scale of volunteering, the different forms it takes, the impact of cultural, economic and social perspectives and the nature of barriers to taking part in voluntary action that face some segments of the population.

But this will be followed by accelerating decline, as the working age population declines even faster than in Japan.

The International Obesity Taskforce states that interventions on a sociopolitical level are required to reduce development of the metabolic syndrome in populations.

Work is proceeding on a census of the population of Kosovo, which will and should include internally displaced persons in Serbia and Montenegro.

Efforts have been made to increase basic training for the less educated segments of the population, as well as work related ongoing training and workplace learning.

Distributive trade is an important activity that provides employment to a significant segment of the population and contributes greatly to gross domestic product.

Statement submitted by Population Action International, a non governmental organization in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council

A Population Action International analysis1 found a clear relationship between reproductive well being and poverty.

In the case of Germany, one observes an interesting kink in its demography from 2005 2015, the working age population is temporarily stabilized.

Europe needs working age people to reduce the burden of a burgeoning elderly population, so relaxing immigration restrictions could help.

Excluding other factors, the ageing of the Australian population will result in smaller numbers of potential recruits entering the Australian labour market each year.

The Committee asked the Government to provide information on the number, types and results of any disputes concerning equal remuneration, which have been brought to the Minister of Labour and Human Welfare under section 65(2) of the Labour Proclamation, or to the courts on the Labour Relations Board.

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18 of residents are outside the job market at the age of 50 and less than a third are working at the age of 61.

People are not really unemployed, but they are underemployed 64 per cent of adults fall into that category.

In Myanmar, where 70 per cent of the population lived in rural areas, women played a crucial role working on farms and engaging in off farm activities.

Following the International Conference on Population and Development and its adoption of its Programme of Action, the General Assembly, in its resolution 49 128 of 19 December 1994, renamed the Population Commission the Commission on Population and Development, decided that it should meet on an annual basis and revised its terms of reference.