Publications

Jad Chaaban explores the costs associated with a number of dimensions of youth exclusion in the Middle East, including youth unemployment, youth joblessness, school dropouts, adolescent pregnancy, and youth migration.

The World Bank Development Report for 2007 focuses on the "largest-ever youth group" - 1.3 billion - living in the developing world, and the crucial need for investment in this youth cohort. Addresses major life transitions, including education, marriage, employment, and family formation, and key issues such as health and civic participation.

The recent oil boom offers the potential for major reduction in unemployment in Middle East countries; however, non-oil producing countries in particular continue to face major challenges and the need for comprehensive reforms, and oil-producing countries should seize the opportunity to make use of the oil boom to speed the transition to more dynamic labor markets.

The World Economic Forum's Arab World Competitiveness Report, co-authored by Tarik Yousef, Dean of the Dubai School of Government and Nonresident Senior Fellow with the Middle East Youth Initiative, is an analysis of 13 Arab countries that assesses the key factors relevant to the region's competitiveness in the global economy.

The key to inclusion is investment in better understanding of youth transitions in the region, and bridging the gap between thinkers and development practitioners.

If adulthood equals marriage in the Middle East, exclusion from marriage or delayed marriage compromises full participation in society.

It is the intersection of youth with other dimensions of disadvantage that makes social exclusion a useful framework for analysis.

The challenge of youth exclusion in Egypt is multidimensional; despite progress on some fronts, serious challenges remain for young people.

While the youth bulge has exacerbated the challenges facing young people in Iran, it is not the root cause of youth exclusion.

Morocco needs to harness the human capital of young workers if it is to increase incomes per capita, bolster savings and improve social welfare.