The legacy of the crisis: the challenge of employment
Monday, February 7, 2011
Fotos De La Ss Silverado 2010
article for the Yearbook of La Voz de Almeria. I have not said when it will come out but does not really matter, because if you're reading here, time and space are relative. O absolute. Or is it already too late and I should go to sleep ...
2010 and is part of the story. Also economic. In that year Spain relinquished the recession, was questioned its solvency in the international financial markets and the number of unemployed continued to climb new peaks inexorably. In the world, emerging and still developing their career growth accelerated, while the developed states behaved as true anemia patients. Also, some of the current economic rules began to be questioned, as the maintenance of the exchange rates of some Asian currencies undervalued to promote exports, or as a new escalation of food prices, even more pronounced of 2009.
the province of Almeria in the year had a very similar profile to the country, also during that year left the recession (albeit well after the whole country) and here the growth in unemployment was slowed. However, the strong growth of this variable is probably the worst problem that has left us a legacy of the crisis. In the past two years, has generated 63,000 unemployed AlmerÃa, from 37,000 in December 2007 to 100,000 in December 2010. However, most of this figure corresponds to the disastrous 2009 and in the last year "only" were added to the list of 10,000 people unemployed. Most of the destruction was concentrated in construction, where they have gone more than 45 thousand jobs, although the depth of the crisis has ended up affecting all sectors. Well, almost everyone. In agriculture has been the only sector in which, according to the EPA, has created employment. Especially during 2010. And this has prompted a growing number of unemployed construction professional interests have moved towards the primary sector.
This behavior of the labor market is a reflection of what has happened economically. As happened in the previous recession, the year 93, the agro Almeria acted as safety net and prevented the province were to present negative growth rates. This time, however, the fall in GDP has been so intense and farming conditions have changed so much that has not escaped the disaster, despite having endured. In 90, the entry into force Single European Act allowed unrestricted access to our productions to European markets, encouraging the expansion of area, production and exports. But in 2009, the situation was substantially different. The expansive phase of production had long been left behind, other producers are also now involved the privileges of the sale by the rich European markets and the absorptive capacity of those markets has been severely limited by the scope of its own crisis. As already mentioned on other occasions, the market for our agricultural products is mature. Therefore, we can not wait to get us out of agriculture of the problem. At least you can not do it alone.
knot we are beginning to break between 2010 and 2011 is to find activities that allow us to return to the path of growth and job creation. We know that construction (at least residential) will not be able to contribute to this mission, since the overproduction of good times yet to be digested. On the other hand, services have been the second area in which the crisis has impacted less, so you may be able to join the short-term growth.
However, since a substantial part of our growth in recent years has come intensive sectors in the use of low-skilled labor, our job has been biased in that direction. At the same time, we are in an environment of high labor costs, in which competition must be sought by means other than those of cheap labor. On our side of the world, economic success comes mainly from the ideas and products and knowledge-intensive services, technology and high added value.
The picture is not very favorable, but in the assets of the province can record a dynamic society, accustomed to challenges, he has accumulated a significant level of wealth and now has with a university of which have already left several classes of graduates whose knowledge and abilities can be the key to our future development.
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