Education for employment: Realizing Arab youth potential

The Arab world is overwhelmingly young with the highest youth unemployment in the world. On top of this, education systems are not adequately preparing young people for the jobs that exist. A new report, "Education for employment: Realizing Arab youth potential" explores the issue of youth unemployment through the lens of education, looking at critical skills gaps in the job market, demand for Education for Employment (e4e), and a roadmap to solve the challenge. This report explores how private stakeholders can contribute to meeting this need and identifies what enabling environment would be required for these activities to flourish.


This is an IFC-Islamic development Bank report based on the findings of a study done by McKinsey & Company.