Sunday, April 27, 2025

If it is empowerment, it should focus on job creation

Starting from the understanding that the primary goal of many individuals is to get employment and provide for themselves and their families, i acknowledge that not everyone aspires to be an entrepreneur. Even in the most advanced economies, most people are job seekers. This perspective recognises a job as a significant form of economic empowerment.   

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