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An advanced program to ensure jobs for Arab youths

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The Arab Labor Organization led by Ibrahim Qweider has completed preparations of an advanced technical program to provide jobs for youths in the Arab states.

The first part of the program includes the conditions provided for ensuring jobs to youths in the Arab states and opportunities for the success of economic reforms programs in confrontation of the unemployment crisis; as additional employment to the volume of the Arab labor market reached 2.5 million youths. It is expected that new comers to the market of unemployed will be 3 million during the five coming years.

Worthy mentioning that the volume of the Arab labor force is expected to reach 89 million by the fall of the year 2010. Current unemployment rate is 14% which resulted in leaving 12.5 million Arab youths unemployment.

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