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Youth in the Middle East and North Africa
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• How to create jobs for restive youth is a matter of national security
• The educational system relies too heavily on rote learning
• Saudi Arabia’s efforts to shake off a work-shy reputation (PDF) - -
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A region worries about its young
Roula Khalaf on the mismatch between education systems and the real world of work
Restive young a matter of national security
Unless jobs are created for a growing population of disaffected youth, the Middle East and North Africa could be sitting on a demographic time bomb, writes Lionel Barber
Entrepreneurship: Where old habits die hard
Steve Negus on the disincentives for companies that could be job engines
Employment: A need to change mindsets
Young people still hanker after government jobs, writes Frances Williams
Saudi Arabia: Effort to shake off a work-shy reputation
Andrew England on the ultra-conservative kingdom’s most pressing issue
Education: System with little relevance to the market
Steve Negus reports on the limitations of rote-based teaching
Bahrain: A radical overhaul of education and labour
Simeon Kerr on the reforms that have provoked resistance from those addicted to cheap workers
Algeria: Urgent need to end frustration
Heba Saleh on stark warnings of a failure to end hopelessness
Paces: Getting girls out and about
Tobias Buck profiles a Palestinian charity dedicated to improving lives
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