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With reference to its observation, the Committee requests the Government to supply additional information in its next report on the following points:

- the impact on employment of the policy of liberalizing trade (the coming into force of the free trade zone with Colombia, Venezuela and Bolivia, the bilateral free trade agreement concluded with Colombia and the trade negotiations with Peru) which, according to the Government, should result in an increase in production, trade and, as a consequence, employment in the country;

- the impact on the social costs of structural adjustment of the compensation plan formulated following the programme to reduce public expenditure and the privatization policy;

- the lasting employment created as a result of the various activities undertaken by the INEM, particularly in the rural sector and the urban informal sector;

- the information which is available concerning the application of Act No. 90 of 1990 and Act No. 1 of 1991 and on the impact of free zones and part-time employment contracts on employment in general, and particularly on the employment situation of categories of persons who have particular difficulty in finding work;

- the action taken as a result of the technical cooperation activities of the ILO and PREALC, as well as any factors which may have prevented or delayed the action recommended through the above technical cooperation in respect of employment policy.