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Book: Demographic transition behind 'high unemployment'

Posted on Thursday, 12th November 2009

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Dubai: The demographic transition being experienced in the Middle East is leading to high unemployment and social exclusion, making it one of the most critical economic development challenges in the region, research on the Middle East's youth has found.
 
The research, entitled Generation in Waiting: The Unfulfilled Promise of Young People in the Middle East, was launched at the Dubai School of Government (DSG) on Monday.
 
With over 100 million people between the ages of 15 and 29, the Middle East has...[Read full story from Gulf News]

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