Bardo — Interim Prime Minister Ali Larayedh said "efforts continue to create more jobs and promote the system of vocational training which has been enriched by a new strategy for a month now," adding that government measures helped reduce the unemployment rate to 15.7% (late 2013) from 18.9% in 2011.
In the government's statement to the National Constituent Assembly (NCA), which began on Wednesday the discussion of the State budget for 2014, Larayedh noted that unprecedented investments have been mobilised to fight poverty under social expenditures and transfers. The value of these funds reached 25% of the GDP and will rise to 26% in 2014, he indicated.
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