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358Marin Băbeanumaintain the work market equilibrium and to reduce inflation 1 ; it is one of themost important problems nowadays 2 .Table 1Participation of the population in the South-West Oltenia in the labour, years200-2005Active population (thousandpeople)Occupied population(thousand people)IWO 3 unempoyed (thousandpeople)2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 20051.356 1.368 1.162 1.145 1.123 1.1171.282 1.296 1.083 1.076 2.039 1.04374 72 79 69 84 74Activity rate 4 73.8 74.1 66.8 66.3 65.2 64.8Occupation rate 5 69.1 69.5 61.8 62.0 59.9 60.1IWO unemployment rate 5.5 5.3 6.8 6.0 7.5 6.6Source: Romania’s Statistics Annual, 2006, p. 147The three main indicators of the work force market have threecorresponding rates: the activity rate, occupation rate and unemployment rate.The activity rate of the people in the South-West Oltenia area has evolveddecreasingly during 2000-2005, from 73.8% to 64.8%, although it has beenevery year 2.4-6.4% above the activity rate determined at national level.Compared to the other developing regions, the activity rate in the South-WestOltenia area has been higher than the rate registered in the South-West, SouthMuntenia, West, North-West, Centre and Bucharest-Ilfov areas. At the sametime, the South-West Oltenia area surpassed the North-East area during 2000-2003, being outdone by this region in 2004 and 2005, as far as the populationactivity rate is concerned.p. 27.1 Grigore Liliana, Piaţa muncii pe plan mondial, Bucureşti, Editura Lumina Lex, 2000,2 Pricewaterhouse Coopers, Educating of the Public Trust, New York, 2003, p. 4.3 IWO- International Work Office.4 The report between active population and total population of age 15-64, expressed aspercentage.5 The report between occupied population and total population of age 15-64, expressedas percentage.