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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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in Civic Participation, Education, Employment, Housing and Credit, Marriage, Middle East at
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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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The Many Crises of Iranian Youth
25 Jun 2009
With Iran at a political impasse, Navtej Dhillon and Daniel Egel write that the youth of Iran, who account for nearly 40 percent of the voting age population, have been profoundly disappointed by the promises of the Islamic Republic and are yearning for opportunities for economic advancement.
The Middle East in a Post-Oil Boom Era?
30 Jan 2009
With recent global growth projections for 2009 painting an austere picture, Middle Eastern economies are entering a post oil boom phase. As economic security and recovery take on a renewed urgency, Navtej Dhillon outlines key considerations for the new Obama administration arguing that U.S. foreign assistance to the Middle East must be reassessed to support countries through this difficult transition.
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by Navtej Dhillon in Civic Participation, Education, Employment, Housing and Credit, Marriage, Middle East at
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حوار الحضاراتين: الذكورة و الأنوثة
12 Jan 2009
Radwan Wetti joins us as a Youth Ambassador from Damascus, Syria, where he is a Business Experience Program Manager for the SHABAB Project at the Syria Trust for Development.
