Let me conclude by thanking the organizers of this Conference who have provided this opportunity to share my views with such an august gathering of practitioners, policy makers and donors. 2  BIS Review 65/2004
The manufacturing sector continues to shed workers, persisting on a multi-decade trend. We need to get private-sector employment going again. The public sector employs far fewer people than the private sector does, but it has been the prime source of new jobs in the post-crisis period. Since 2009, public-sector employment has grown by about 300 000 people.