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400                        <p>India’s female labor force participation rate has long lagged behind that of peer economies like Bangladesh, not because of social norms, but because of weak demand for labor. That is ultimately good news, because it is a problem that can be solved with common-sense regulatory reforms and public investment.</p>
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855            </div>
856            <div class="u-p-se newsletter-ui-container"></div>
857            <div class="button__group u-p-se">
858                <button type="button" class="button button--tertiary dialog__cancel">Cancel</button>
859                <button type="submit" class="dialog__submit button button--primary">save</button>
860            </div>
861        </form>
862    </dialog>
863
864   <dialog class="dialog dialog--subscribe-follow" role="dialog" aria-modal="true" aria-labelledby="follow-title">
865        <header class="dialog__header">
866            <h2 id="follow-title" class="dialog__title">Set up Notification</h2>
867            <button type="button" class="dialog__close" aria-label="Close dialog"></button>
868        </header>
869
870        <form class="form user-input-form control-watch info dialog__content">
871            <div class="u-alert-container u-alert-container--space-lr">
872                <span id="subscribe-follow-modal-notification"></span>
873            </div>
874            <div class="u-p-se">
875                
876<div>
877    <p class="title">
878To receive email updates regarding this {entity_type}, please enter your email below.    </p>
879        <p>
880            <input class="u-width-100p u-height-il" autocomplete="email" placeholder="[email protected]" name="email" aria-label="Enter email" required="required" type="email" />
881        </p>
882        <p class="u-fs-ter">
883            If you are not already registered, this will create a PS account for you. You should receive an activation email shortly.
884        </p>
885</div>
886            </div>
887            <div class="button__group u-p-se">
888                <button type="button" class="button button--tertiary dialog__cancel">Cancel</button>
889                <button type="submit" class="dialog__submit button button--primary button--pl">Confirm</button>
890            </div>
891        </form>
892</dialog>
893
894 <dialog class="dialog dialog--message" id="message-dialog" role="dialog" aria-modal="true" aria-labelledby="message-dialog-title">
895    <header class="dialog__header">
896         <h2 class="dialog__title" id="message-dialog-title"></h2>
897          <button class="dialog__close" type="button" aria-label="Close dialog"></button>
898     </header>
899     <div class="dialog__content"></div>
900 </dialog>
901
902</body>
903</html>

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