Unemployment Looms
Costa Rican president
Oscar Arias warned that
it will impossible to
avoid unemployment
resulting from the
impact of the
international finance
crisis.
Sooner or later,
unemployment is going to
increase, a general
slowdown in the economy
is going to be felt,
particularly in the
construction sector,
Arias added.
Sources of the
construction sector said
that 20,000 workers have
already been laid off so
far this year and that
the final figure for
2008 is likely to be
close to 40,000. |
