AFRICITIES SUMMIT 2009
Marrakech, Morocco 16-20 December 2009
A Crisis and an Opportunity
Youth Developmentin menA Cities:
Youth Development in MENA Cities: A Crisis and an Opportunity Copyright © United Nations Human Settlements Programme 2012United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT)P. O. Box 30030, 00100 Nairobi GPO KENYATel: 254-020-7623120 (Central Oce)www.unhabitat.orgHS Number: HS/007/12
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Authors: Mutinta Munyati and Douglas RaganEditor: Tom OsanjoDesign & Layout: Irene Juma
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Background 1Youth Development in MENA Cities: The Challenge 3Youth Development in MENA Cities: The Opportunity 6Youth in Transition 7Youth and Urban Space 8UN-HABITAT Best Practices 9Policy Recommendations 10Bibliography 11
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Currenty the popuation o the Midde Eastand North Arica (MENA) region exceeds 432miion peope in 2007, ha o them chidrenand youth under 24 years o age. The regionhas the youngest popuation o any regionin the word, and the second highest urban-ization rate with an annua urban growthrate o 4% in the past two decades, secondony to Sub-Saharan Arica. Over ha thepopuations o Egypt, Syria, Saudi Arabia,and Iraq are under 25 years od, whie over60 percent o Pakistan and Aghanistan’spopuations are under 25 years od. Overthe ast ew decades, schoo enroment rateshave risen markedy throughout the regionor both young men and women. Yet, therecenty reeased Arab Human DeveopmentReport nds that youth unempoymentpresents the biggest chaenge to a Arabcountries, which have neary doube thegoba rate. A projected 51 miion new jobswi have to be created by 2020 to absorbyouth into the abor orce. Unempoymentaso oten aects women more than men,with unempoyment rates or Arab womenbeing higher than those or Arab men, andamong the highest in the word. Data rom2005 shows that the youth unempoymentrate or men was 25 percent compared to31.2 per cent or women. In the region, theemae youth unempoyment went rom ahigh o approximatey 59 per cent in Jordan,compared to 35 per cent or maes, to a owo 5.7 per cent in UAE, compared to a maeunempoyment rate o 6.4 per cent.
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Youth Development in MENA Cities
Using data collected from a desk study and the State of the One Stops evaluation report (UN-Habitat, 2009), this publication will argue that the demographic “youth bulge” which is primarily happening in the developing world and…
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