Sentence Correction (SC) | Re: In a large number of developing countries,

I would vote for C

Like Vs as
Like is used for comparing nouns and noun phrases
As is used for comparing actions or verbs

Here " regular employment is still elusive " is an action phrase or a verb phrase and this phrase is being compared and hence " as" is needed

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