THE NECESSITY OF DEVELOPING A LONG-TERM STRATEGY FOR ENSURING RURAL EMPLOYMENT: METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO ANALYSIS AND FORECASTING
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The period from 2021 to 2025 has been particularly instructive: while the overall employment rate rose from 62.4 per cent to 66.8 per cent, the rural employment rate increased more modestly — from 57.8 per cent to 61.9 per cent — revealing a persistent structural gap of four to five percentage points [3]. This divergence signals that rural labour markets operate under a distinct set of constraints, and require dedicated, evidence-based strategic frameworks rather than generic national employment programmes.Abstract
Introduction.Rural employment remains one of the central challenges of contemporary economic policy, particularly in transition economies where agricultural heritage continues to shape the structure of the labour market. In Uzbekistan, rural residents constitute more than 50.4 per cent of the total population [1], and their productive engagement in the economy is a prerequisite for sustainable national development and social cohesion. Despite notable progress in macroeconomic stabilisation over the past decade, a significant share of the rural workforce remains trapped in informal employment, subsistence agriculture, or hidden unemployment — conditions that short-term policy interventions have consistently failed to address adequately [2].
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