Second, it is hard for sector programs to work with public systems developed for the high employment days of the '90s, which provide short-term resume and interview prep and focus on immediate job placement, not training.

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As foreign competitors drive hard into this sector, that lifeline is being snatched away.

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Subsidies for a hard-hit export sector, say, seem to make sense as a response to the global downturn.

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