[Angola] Premier Reiterates Commitment to Poverty Reduction

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Luanda

Angola's Prime Minister Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos, on Thursday reiterated the Government engagement in reducing to half until 2015 the current percentage of people whose daily income is below one dollar.

Fernando da Piedade made this announcement in Luanda, at the opening of colloquy on employment in Angola, an initiative of the Ministry of Public Administration, Employment and Social Security (MAPESS).

According to the Angolan Premier, in order to reach this goal, it is necessary to outline mechanisms and policies that boost the activities of the sector, through the creation of jobs, throughout the country.

Thus, he wishes that this event helps finding the solutions of the obstacles that hinder the better use of Angolan staff, as well as the proposals for the creation of incentives for the professional and geographic mobility of human resources to every province of the country.

He also called for contributions towards the review of issues that help the increase of jobs and reduction of poverty and inequality, namely salary, labour security conditions, the access to unemployment subsidies and social protection.