BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

26/07/2006

Some 700,000 Belarusians Said To Be 'Economically Inactive'

Belarusian Deputy Labor Minister Valery Paulau said in Minsk on July 25 that some 600,000-700,000 people of working age in Belarus are "economically inactive," Belapan reported. Another ministry official explained that people are deemed economically inactive if they do not have jobs but are not considered to be unemployed. This category includes students, prisoners, those on parental leave, and people who are not registered with any institution.

As of July 1, the number of officially registered unemployed people in Belarus, which has a population of about 10 million, was 66,500.

Source: RFE/RL; July 26, 2006;

Source:

http://www.rferl.org