Investing in Youth in the MENA Region : Lessons Learned and the Way Forward

Young people represent a significant asset in economic terms alone; they can contribute to productivity, increased consumption, and income taxes. But youth are also an important asset for social change and innovation. Arab youth see themselves as change agents, with young women as likely to be key to future progress as young men. Young people constitute well over half of Middle East and North Africa's (MENA's) population. Over 30 percent of MENA's population, 100 million individuals were between 15 and 29 years of age in 2007. This can be a demographic opportunity if countries had a majority of youth enter their productive peak while the elderly population still remains small. These windows of opportunity will remain open in MENA for nearly 10 years. In Iraq, Yemen and West Bank and Gaza, the window will be open beyond 2050.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	La Cava, Gloria
Format:	Brief biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2010-09
Subjects:	ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP, ACTIVE PARTICIPATION, APPLIED RESEARCH, APPRENTICESHIPS, CAPACITY BUILDING, CASE MANAGEMENT, COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION, CURRICULA, CURRICULUM, DROP-OUTS, DROPOUTS, EDUCATION CURRICULUM, EDUCATION LEVELS, EDUCATION SYSTEM, ELEMENTS, ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS, FORMAL EDUCATION, FORMAL LEARNING, HOUSEHOLDS, INTERVENTION, INTERVENTIONS, JOB PLACEMENT, JOB TRAINING, LABOR FORCE, LABOR MARKET, LABOR MARKETS, LEADERSHIP, LEARNING, LEARNING ACTIVITIES, LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES, LIFE SKILLS, LOCALITIES, PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS, PUBLIC SCHOOLS, PUBLIC SERVICES, RURAL AREAS, SCHOOLS, SELF-ESTEEM, SKILLS TRAINING, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL EXCLUSION, TEACHERS, TECHNICAL TRAINING, VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS, VOCATIONAL TRAINING, VOCATIONAL TRAINING SCHOOLS, VULNERABLE GROUPS, WORK SKILLS, YOUNG FEMALES, YOUNG MALES, YOUNG MEN, YOUNG PEOPLE, YOUNG WOMEN, YOUNG WORKERS, YOUTH, YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, YOUTH EMPLOYMENT, YOUTH PARTICIPATION, YOUTH POLICIES, YOUTH SERVICES, YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT, YOUTH-FRIENDLY SERVICES,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/09/13725152/investing-youth-mena-region-lessons-learned-way-forward http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10917
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