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Middle East, North Africa, and Pakistan. Opportunity youth. Imagining a bright future for the next generation

The emergence of new technologies will change the skill sets needed to succeed at work: by 2030, a higher share of professions will require university degrees, and more work activities will require socio-emotional and technology skills. Over the next two decades, around 127 million young people are expected to enter the region’s labor force.

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Youth employment in the Middle East and North Africa: Revisiting and reframing the challenge

Youth employment in the Middle East and North Africa: Revisiting and reframing the challenge | Vocational education and training - VET | Scoop.it
Today, MENA countries have reduced their focus on youth employment, prioritizing security concerns over political and economic reforms. Although the demographic “youth bulge” that underpinned the call to action a decade ago persists and the window of opportunity it created remains open,[4] the crest of the demographic wave has passed in most MENA countries. International attention has shifted to Sub-Saharan Africa as the region with the largest population share of youth.
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Middle East & North Africa. Is being employable enough to get a job in the Arab World? The double transition from education to work in MENA

Middle East & North Africa. Is being employable enough to get a job in the Arab World? The double transition from education to work in MENA | Vocational education and training - VET | Scoop.it
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The low quality and relevance of education and training systems in MENA (Middle East & North Africa) have led them to be perceived – most notably by employers – more as barriers to employment, rather than a path to good jobs.
http://menablog.worldbank.org/being-employable-enough-get-job-arab-world-double-transition-education-work-mena

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North Africa. Migration of higher education students from the North Africa region

North Africa. Migration of higher education students from the North Africa region | Vocational education and training - VET | Scoop.it
This paper uses both the descriptive and comparative approaches to provide overview of migration of higher education students from North Africa region. We fill the gap in the African literature and present a more comprehensive and recent analysis of migration of higher education students from North Africa region using UNESCO recent secondary data on international students mobility in tertiary education. We provide an interesting comparative analysis of migration of higher education students from North Africa region compared to South Africa.
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Youth employment in the Middle East and North Africa: Revisiting and reframing the challenge

Youth employment in the Middle East and North Africa: Revisiting and reframing the challenge | Vocational education and training - VET | Scoop.it
In the early 2000s, youth in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region became a focus of intense research and policy discussion. At the time, the region had the highest youth population shares…
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