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4,518 unemployed in VanuatuBy Jane JoshuaVanuatuhasrecordedan

unemployment rate o 4.6%.

And while there are more

unemployed males than

emales in Vanuatu there are

more unemployed emales in

the urban area.

This fgure is derived rom

the Labour Force statistics

(15 years and over) which

urther revealed that the

total employed population in

Vanuatu is 42,295 and 4,518

who are unemployed (2,301

males to 2,217 emales).

However there seems to

be a balance as there are also

more males employed than

emales, that is 25,916 males

who are employed compared

to 16,379 emales.

2,798 people who make up

the 4,518 unemployed live in

the urban area and 1,720 in

the rural areas. Shea province

tops the highest concentra-

tion o unemployment in the

rural areas with 2,516 unem-

ployed people, Taea comes

second with 825, Sanma has

791, Malampa has 312, Pena-

ma has 67 people and Torba

the lowest with seven unem-

ployed people.

With a growth rate o 2.3%

Vanuatu s total popu lation

rests at 234,023 (119,091

males and 114,932 emales),

the bulk (176,828) live in the

rural areas and 57,195 in the

urban area.

The data was revealed in

the ofcial copy o the 2009

National Population Housing

Census (NPHC) Basic Tables

Report (Volume I) which Gov-

ernment Statistician, Simil

Johnson, rom the Vanuatu

National Statistics Ofce pre-

sented to Minister o Finance

and Economic Management,

Moana Carcasses, last week.

This is very useul and

important data.

The government needs

acts and indicators in order

to realistically plan and

address the needs o its peo-

ple and the overall economy,

said the fnance minister.

Mr. Johnson acknowledged

donors who contributed to the

expensive exercise and hard-

working sta. He told DP that

Volume II o the NPHC report

will be released in May; this

will provide detailed explana-

tions o the Basic Tables and

data contained in Volume I.

more males than females

By Letty KaltongaMostof theMainroad

around Malekula could not

be accessed last week due

to the bad weather and the

heavy rainall that aected

the island on Tuesday.

The streams overlowed

and looded the road with

some areas aected by strongcurrents making it impossible

or vehicles to pass.

The bridge on the main

road that connects Norsup to

Lakatoro and Litzlitz whar

was completely damaged.

This is the main road that

people access or the main

services like commercial cen-tre, hospital, airport, whar,

National Bank, and the local

market. The Public works are

expected to work on anoth-

er new bridge. Currently the

people o Malekula and vehi-

cles are using another back

road to travel back and orth.

Villages rom North WestA, North West B, North East

and South East were not able

to travel to Lakatoro early last

week to sell their produce at

the market , including fsher-

men and the butchery. How-

ever due to the good weather,

starting last Wednesday and

this week everything is gettingback to normal. The market is

also back to normal. Despite

some o the roads still in a

state o ruin, river levels are

going down slowly as people

fnd other means o travelling

to the commercial centre or

services.

Heavy rain damages Malekula roadsDamaged-bridge connecting Norsup to Lakatoro and Litzlitz wharf, (Inset) Driver struggles to disdedge truck stuck in the mud.

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