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Constructing “Life Histories” for Iranian Youth in Transition
30 Jun 2010
Editor’s Note: The Middle East Youth Initiative has released a new study that explores youth transitions in Iran in depth, exploiting longitudinal data to track youth preferences and outcomes as they move from the education system into the labor and marriage markets. Diana Greenwald interviewed coauthor Djavad Salehi-Isfahani to discuss some of the paper’s main findings.
Youth in Focus: Findings from the 2010 Egypt Human Development Report
29 Jun 2010
Editor's Note: On June 27, 2010, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) released the 2010 Egypt Human Development Report (EHDR) entitled “Youth in Egypt: Building our Future.” On the occasion of the release of the EHDR, Mary Kraetsch spoke with Heba Handoussa, lead author of the EHDR, about the report’s goals and main findings.
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by Mary Kraetsch in Civic Participation, Education, Employment, Housing and Credit, Marriage, Egypt at
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Gender, Development and Governance in Yemen, 20 Years On
17 Jun 2010
Diana Greenwald interviews Raufa Hassan al-Sharki on the importance of human development and transparent governance in Yemen, with a special focus on the country's young women and girls.
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by Diana Greenwald in Civic Participation, Education, Employment, Marriage, Social Exclusion, Yemen at
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تقييم التحديات التي تواجه شباب الشرق الأوسط: بيانات جديدة و أسئلة جديدة
15 Jun 2010
ملحوظة: في محاولة لإلقاء الضوء على التحديات التي تواجه الشباب في الشرق الأوسط، قامت كلٍ من سامنثا كونستنت و ماري كرايتش بإعداد خريطة تفاعلية وصحائف الحقائق التي تعرض الإحصائيات الرئيسية المتعلقة بالشباب في 18 دولة في منطقة الشرق الأوسط. كما تقدمان في المذكرة المرفقة نظرة عامة على ما توصلوا إليه من بيانات و نتائج رئيسية.
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Taking Stock of the Youth Challenge in the Middle East: New Data and New Questions
15 Jun 2010
Editor's Note: In an effort to shed light on the challenges that youth continue to face in the Middle East, Samantha Constant and Mary Kraetsch have created an interactive map and corresponding fact sheets that provide key statistics associated with youth issues for all 18 countries in the Middle East. In the accompanying note, they provide an overview of the data and their main findings.
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Social Entrepreneurship in the Middle East: Charting the Next Steps for U.S. Engagement
10 May 2010
In a new commentary, Ehaab Abdou, Samantha Constant, and Noam Unger examine the Obama administration’s commitment to supporting entrepreneurship and innovation in the Middle East and Muslim world, positioning the recent presidential summit and related efforts in the context of the larger dialogue on foreign assistance reform.
Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship: From Words to Action in the Middle East and Muslim World
26 Apr 2010
Tarik Yousef appeared on BBC World News America to speak with chief anchor Matt Frei about the recent Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship and how economic ties and entrepreneurial innovation can become a foundation for strengthening relations between the U.S. and Muslim world. Yousef is a nonresident senior fellow with the Middle East Youth Initiative, which just released a report on social entrepreneurship in the Middle East.
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by Tarik Yousef in Civic Participation, Education, Employment, Middle East, United States at
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Social Entrepreneurship in the Middle East: How Can Medium and Large-Sized Businesses Contribute?
19 Apr 2010
In the second in a series of commentaries preceding the launch of a new Middle East Youth Initiative report, Ehaab Abdou, Amina Fahmy and Diana Greenwald discuss how corporations operating in the Middle East, both domestic and multinational, are exploring the benefits of social engagement.
