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High investment in childcare ensures high employment participation (Photo: European Commission)

More Europeans need to work, IMF says

A lack of participation in the workforce is Europe’s biggest obstacle to economic growth, an International Monetary Fund official said Thursday (21 April).

Europe needs to focus on bringing young people, people over 50 years old and women into the workforce, the IMF’s deputy director of research, David Robinson, said at the Brussels Economic Forum.

"The key to progress is at the national level," Mr Robinson said.

With fewer working hours due to shorter workweeks combined wit...

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High investment in childcare ensures high employment participation (Photo: European Commission)

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