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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