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YOUTH EMPLOYMENT

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	ESCWA response to the UN Youth Strategy, Social Development Bulletin, Vol 7, No. 2 E/ESCWA/SDD/2019/TP.2 Young people under 30 represent 60% of the total population of the Arab region today. The number of youth aged 15 to 24 is expected to increase from 71 million in 2015 to 92 million in 2030. This... Arabic (538.17 KB) English (538.17 KB)
	Bridging the Inequality Gap among Youth in the Arab Region E/ESCWA/SDD/2019/TP.5 This policy brief discusses selected dimensions of inequality among Arab youth and highlight the gaps and challenges that affect youth policy development and implementation. It concludes with a... Arabic (436.82 KB) English (436.82 KB)
	Arab Sustainable Development Report 2020 E/ESCWA/SDD/2019/2 Achieving sustainable development in the Arab region faces structural barriers that are often shared among the 22 Arab countries, despite variations in income level, natural resources, and...
	Reforming Technical and Vocational Education and Training: A Gateway for Building a Skilled Youth Workforce in the Arab Region E/ESCWA/CL2.GPID/2020/TP.4 The technical paper scrutinizes high youth unemployment rates prevalent in the Arab region from the perspective of labour supply. More specifically, it examines technical and vocational education... Arabic (548.24 KB) English (548.24 KB)
	Impact of ICT on Arab youth: Employment, education and social change E/ESCWA/ICTD/2013/Technical Paper.3 This report analyzes the impact of ICT on Arab Youth by considering the economic, educational and social change dimensions. Chapter I discusses the current status of employment and education among... Arabic (1.16 MB) English (1.16 MB)
	Review of Information and Communications Technology for Development in the Arab Region, Issue 20 E/ESCWA/ICTD/2013/5 There has recently been growing global interest in the provision of government services to citizens, which contribute to improving welfare, saving time, providing comfort and reducing... Arabic (3.63 MB) English (3.63 MB)
	Report: Expert Group Meeting to Review A Draft Study on “Addressing Barriers to Women’s Economic Participation in the ESCWA Region”, Beirut, 26-27 June 2012 E/ESCWA/ECW/2012/WG.1/2/Report Arabic (199.36 KB) English (199.36 KB)
	Addressing Barriers to Women’s Economic Participation in the ESCWA Region E/ESCWA/ECW/2012/1 Discussions and ongoing debates on Arab women’s rate of economic participation, which is lower than any other region of the world, have emphasized the failure to turn educational gains of the past... Arabic (745.15 KB) English (526.16 KB)
	Integrated Social Policy Report IV: Labour Market Policy in the ESCWA Region E/ESCWA/SDD/2011/3 After decades of market-oriented reforms, the ESCWA region is facing fundamental questions about the parameters of future development. The expectation that top-down economic stabilization,... Arabic (34.07 MB) English (29.13 MB)
	ESCWA: COVID-19 exposes 32 million older persons to lack of health care and aggravates the problems of young people in the Arab region Beirut, 25 June 2020--The devastating effects of COVID-19 have severely impacted two main...