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manufacture of water pipes and sanitary equipment using promising
new materials (Tryokhgorny)
wood processing (Zheleznogorsk, Lesnoi)
retail trade and the service sphere (Zheleznogorsk, Lesnoi,
Seversk)
construction and renovation of the urban infrastructure, housing,
and public facilities (Lesnoi, Novouralsk, Ozyorsk, Sarov, Seversk)
industrial and domestic waste processing (Zheleznogorsk,
Novouralsk)
manufacture of medical preparations (Zheleznogorsk, Sarov)
processing of local mineral raw materials (Zheleznogorsk)
agricultural production (Lesnoi)
sports and tourism (Tryokhgorny) and a number of others
Within the framework of the Targeted Program for Promoting Employment
for the Population of Closed Administrative-Territorial Zones of the
Russian Ministry of Atomic Energy for 1998–2000, and thanks to
the resources provided by those executing the program, about 13,300
jobs were created and preserved in 2000. More than 1,250 people took
part in public works projects, and 1,200 were provided with job
training. (See “Report on Implementation in 2000 of Measures
from the Federal Targeted Program of Employment Assistance to the
Population of the Russian Federation for 1998–2000,”
Russian Ministry of Labor, February 27, 2001, No. 448, Appendix 1,
pages 21–22.)
SITUATION IN THE EMPLOYMENT SPHERE
From 1994 through 2000 the number of unemployed persons in the
Minatom closed zones registered by local employment service
agencies of the Russian Ministry of Labor rose to 4.8 percent in
1996 and fell to 2.2 percent in 2000 (see Tables 1 and 2).
TABLE 1 Size of Economically Active Population and Overall
Registered Unemployment Rate in Minatom Closed Zones,
1994–2000
Registered as of End of Reporting period
|
1994
|
1995
|
1996
|
1997
|
1998
|
1999
|
2000
|
|
Economically active population
|
416,120
|
413,900
|
411,130
|
416,880
|
416,770
|
426,750
|
417,090
|
|
Number of unemployed registered by local agencies
|
9,480
|
16,970
|
19,980
|
18,040
|
19,590
|
13,660
|
9,180
|
|
Registered unemployment rate (%)
|
2.3
|
4.1
|
4.8
|
4.3
|
4.7
|
3.2
|
2.2
|
