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ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. World problems
  3. Labour shortage

Labour shortage

  • Manpower shortage
  • Inadequate labour force
  • Daytime manpower shortage

Broader

Shortage
Excellent
Underproductivity
Unpresentable

Narrower

Unmet demand for unskilled workers
Unpresentable
Lack of skilled workers
Unpresentable
Small resident professional workforce
Yet to rate
Shortage of adequately trained personnel to act against problems
Yet to rate
Declining volunteer services
Yet to rate

Aggravates

Exploitation of child labour
Excellent
Migrant labour
Presentable
Understaffing of basic facilities
Unpresentable
Unproductive utilization of plantation space
Yet to rate

Aggravated by

Labour hoarding by employers
Presentable
Declining birth rate
Presentable
Lost child labour due to government laws
Yet to rate
Lack of hiring money
Yet to rate
Inadequate manpower planning
Yet to rate
Decreasing labour force
Yet to rate

Reduced by

Economic and social losses due to disability
Presentable

Strategy

Increasing amount of labour
Yet to rate
Improving labour force
Yet to rate
Furnishing production forces
Yet to rate

Value

Shortage
Yet to rate
Inadequacy
Yet to rate

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #8: Decent Work and Economic GrowthSustainable Development Goal #10: Reduced Inequality

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(C) Cross-sectoral problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
Content quality
Unpresentable
 Unpresentable
Language
English
1A4N
C0592
DOCID
11305920
D7NID
133676
Editing link
Official link
https://encyclopedia.uia.org/problem/labour-shortage
Last update
Oct 4, 2020