The authorities are responding to this with measures to protect jobs and boost living standards.

官方通过保护工作岗位和提高生活标准的措施应对。

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In turn, as workers move into more productive areas, this gives a boost to overall productivity and hence living standards.

ECONOMIST: Manufacturing employment

Mr Porter may be right to think that the region should concentrate on microeconomic reforms that boost productivity, which can raise living standards.

ECONOMIST: Central America opens for business