Publications

Edward Sayre and Samia Al-Botmeh examine three dimensions of the transition to adulthood by Palestinian youth: acquiring skills through schooling and training, finding employment, and forming a family.

Ragui Assaad, Ghada Barsoum, Emily Cupito and Daniel Egel present a comprehensive overview of youth exclusion in Yemen.

Generation in Waiting: The Unfulfilled Promise of Young People in the Middle East (Brookings Press, 2009), edited by Navtej Dhillon and Tarik Yousef, represents three years of research on youth exclusion in the Middle East.

A new Middle East Youth Initiative report is the first of its kind to assess the early risks faced by young people during the economic downturn, calling on policy makers to help prevent an intensified jobs crisis in the region.

In this Middle East Youth Initiative Policy Outlook, Nader Kabbani examines how incentives determine young people's choices between public and private sector employment.

Djavad Salehi-Isfahani and Navtej Dhillon present a framework for policymakers to improve youth outcomes by addressing institutional distortions across sectors: from the education system to the employment, housing, and credit markets.

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 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.