Charter of the Economy The link between employment creation and poverty alleviation is strongest for workers who are in the informal sector, either as self-employed or employees in SMEs. The distribution of workers in each economic sector by formal or informal status is given in Table 27.6. Fortunately, the growth process has operated from 2003-04 to 2017-18 in favor of informal sector workers. The sectors which have the largest share of these workers are the sectors which have seen the fastest growth in employment like manufacturing, construction, transport and communications and wholesale and retail trade. This has, no doubt, contributed to a faster process of poverty alleviation in the country. Table 27.7: Growth Rate of Employment by Occupation(%) 2003-04 to 2010-11 2010-11 to 2017-18 Share in Employment in 2017-18 High level a 3.6-5.0 11.3 Medium Level b 4.2 3.7 49.3 Low Level c 3.0 2.4 39.4 a Managers, Professionals plus Technical Personnel and Associate Professionals b Clerical Support Workers, Service and Sales Workers and Skilled Agricultural Workers c Craft and Related Traders Workers, Plan/Machine Operators and Assemblers and Elementary Occupations Source: PBS, LFS Table 27.8: Employment Elasticity with respect to Output Growth in Different Sectors 2009-10 to 2013-14 2013-14 to 2017-18 Value Value Employment Added Growth Rate Growth e Employment Added Growth Rate Growth Rate Rate Agriculture 1.3 2.7 0.48-0.8 2.0 Manufacturing 3.9 3.4 1.15 5.3 4.6 Construction 4.2 0.5 8.40 3.2 7.1 Wholesale and-0.6 2.8-0.21 2.7 5.2 Retail Trade Transport and 3.4 3.8 0.89 5.2 4.0 Communications Community, Social 6.0 7.3 0.82 5.1 7.4 and Private Services TOTAL 2.1 3.7 0.56 2.2 4.7 Source: PBS, LFS (%) e -0.40 1.15 0.45 0.52 1.30 0.73 0.47 286