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Youth in the Middle East and North Africa: Demographic Opportunity or Challenge?

Author: Ragui Assaad and Farzaneh Roudi-Fahimi 
InfoShare Partner: Population Reference Bureau
Publication Date: April 2007
Type of Document: Article/Report/Paper
Topics: Adolescents/youth, Population growth/trends
Region: Middle East/North Africa
Language: English
Number of Pages: 8
File Size: 147 KB
File Format: Adobe Acrobat (PDF)

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Despite oil resources and major improvements in health and education, the Middle East and North Africa region is not meeting the changing needs of its rapidly growing young population. This policy brief gives an overview of demographic trends among MENA youth and the implications of these trends for the region's human and economic development.