RUBIANO INSTITUTE PANAMANIAN ECONOMY AND JOB QUARTER #3 2022 OPPORTUNITIES CLASS: 12 O
TEACHER: YIMHARA GOFF
MADE BY: MARITZA GUTIERREZ DATE: OCTOBER, 18, 2022. INTRODUCTION In the last decade (2006-2016) Panama has been one of the fastest growing economies worldwide; during that period, Panama's GDP grew 7.4 percent, more than double the average of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) with a rate of 2.7 percent according to World Bank figures. MAIN ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES In the category of economic activity, trade counts With 278,544 employed people, men represent (54.8%) and women (45.2%). It is followed by construction, with 173,495 people employed, men are (93.9%) and women (6.1%). It is the only category with such a marked Difference in gender, this is due to the great physical effort involved in this activity. EMPLOYMENT PROJECTIONS FOR SECTORS In Panama, the main employment niche has been the mega work of the construction of the third set of locks, creating more than 25,000 jobs throughout its execution. Which has a multiplier effect of jobs in the rest of the economy, since the expenditure of their salaries creates more demand for goods and services. Public investments such as the construction of the metro and road restructuring They generate an appreciable amount of jobs. CONCLUSION The lowest percentage of unemployed are male as men have greater ease of entering the labor market by demand for labour in the construction sector, Similarly, the trend is considered to be due to a cultural theme of man being the one who bears the sustenance to the home. INFOGRAPHY Economía panameña generará 300.000 empleos - ElCapitalFinanciero.com - Noticias Financieras de Panamá https://www.bing.com/search? q=Economía+panameña+y+oportunidades+laborales&cvid= 75abe2cd3c24426596fd88211dc34660&aqs=edge.0.69i59j 69i57j0l4j69i61j69i60l2.1202j0j1&pglt=41&FORM=ANNTA1 &PC=U531 Las oportunidades económicas que tiene Panamá | La Prensa Panamá