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This chapter provides a comparison of youth employment in Bangladesh vis-à-vis other countries in South Asia. It analyses the descriptive statistics of key labour market indicators of Bangladesh and compares them to the South Asian and global averages.
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Khatun, F., Saadat, S.Y. (2020). State of Youth Employment in South Asia. In: Youth Employment in Bangladesh. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-1750-1_4
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