India and its neighbours are not creating enough jobs to sustain their young populations, the World Bank has warned, putting the region’s demographic dividend at risk even as it enjoys the world’s fastest economic growth.
The bank said it expected the economy of south Asia, which includes Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, to grow faster than any other region over the next two years, at 6 per cent in 2024 and 6.1 per cent in 2025.
India, which last year overtook China to become the world’s most populous country with 1.4bn people, is expected to have grown 7.5 per cent in the fiscal year to March, up from 7 per cent a year earlier.
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