A SyntaxCMS Site http://shababinclusion.org/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:31:25 GMT FeedCreator 1.7.2-ppt (info@mypapit.net) http://shababinclusion.org/content/article/detail/1631/ The 2010 Egypt Human Development Report (HDR) has been released and focuses specifically on the importance of youth in Egypt's economic, social and political development. The report, "Youth in Egypt: Building our Future", features a chapter by MEYI nonresident senior fellow Ragui Assaad on human development and labor markets, which investigates transitions into employment for Egyptian youth as well as the skills gap between education and employment and the occupational outlook facing young people today.

]]> Middle East Youth Initiative Wed, 07 Jul 2010 15:15:00 GMT http://shababinclusion.org/content/article/detail/1631/ http://shababinclusion.org/content/blog/detail/1629/ 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.

]]> Wed, 30 Jun 2010 16:45:00 GMT http://shababinclusion.org/content/blog/detail/1629/ http://shababinclusion.org/content/document/detail/1627/ Daniel Egel and Djavad Salehi-Isfahani Wed, 30 Jun 2010 16:00:00 GMT http://shababinclusion.org/content/document/detail/1627/ http://shababinclusion.org/content/blog/detail/1624/ 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.]]> Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:30:00 GMT http://shababinclusion.org/content/blog/detail/1624/ http://shababinclusion.org/content/blog/detail/1615/ 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.]]> Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:15:00 GMT http://shababinclusion.org/content/blog/detail/1615/ http://shababinclusion.org/content/article/detail/1613/ Middle East Youth Initiative Wed, 16 Jun 2010 19:00:00 GMT http://shababinclusion.org/content/article/detail/1613/ http://shababinclusion.org/content/blog/detail/1611/ 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.]]> Middle East Youth Initiative Tue, 15 Jun 2010 20:15:00 GMT http://shababinclusion.org/content/blog/detail/1611/ http://shababinclusion.org/content/blog/detail/1610/ 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.]]> Middle East Youth Initiative Tue, 15 Jun 2010 18:45:00 GMT http://shababinclusion.org/content/blog/detail/1610/ http://shababinclusion.org/content/article/detail/1609/ online interactive map with key statistics on youth-related issues for all 18 Middle East countries, based on analysis by Samantha Constant and Mary Kraetsch. The map includes key statistics related to each country’s economy, demographics, education and youth employment status.]]> Middle East Youth Initiative Tue, 15 Jun 2010 12:30:00 GMT http://shababinclusion.org/content/article/detail/1609/ http://shababinclusion.org/content/article/detail/1607/ Middle East Youth Initiative Fri, 11 Jun 2010 21:00:00 GMT http://shababinclusion.org/content/article/detail/1607/ http://shababinclusion.org/content/article/detail/1598/ Generation in Waiting: The Unfulfilled Promise of Young People in the Middle East (Brookings Press, 2009) and author of "The Costs of Youth Exclusion in the Middle East," has authored a new study as part of the Arab Human Development Report Paper Series.]]> Middle East Youth Initiative Tue, 25 May 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://shababinclusion.org/content/article/detail/1598/ http://shababinclusion.org/content/article/detail/1595/ Samantha Constant, associate director of the Middle East Youth Initiative, participated in a panel on "Youth Innovation and Entrepreneurship" during the Arab World Social Innovation Forum, organized by Ashoka Arab World in Cairo.]]> Middle East Youth Initiative Mon, 17 May 2010 18:00:00 GMT http://shababinclusion.org/content/article/detail/1595/ http://shababinclusion.org/content/calendar/detail/1593/ Middle East Youth Initiative Thu, 13 May 2010 15:30:00 GMT http://shababinclusion.org/content/calendar/detail/1593/ http://shababinclusion.org/content/blog/detail/1591/ 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.]]> Middle East Youth Initiative Mon, 10 May 2010 21:00:00 GMT http://shababinclusion.org/content/blog/detail/1591/ http://shababinclusion.org/content/article/detail/1589/ Tarik Yousef, Djavad Salehi-Isfahani, Edward Sayre, Christine Binzel and Daniel Egel participated in a youth-focused panel at the 2010 Dubai Initiative Conference at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs.]]> Middle East Youth Initiative Thu, 06 May 2010 20:00:00 GMT http://shababinclusion.org/content/article/detail/1589/