Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIII

No 3

18-Jan-2010

yemen

Ministry Study Calls For 200,000 New Yemeni Jobs Per Year

A new study conducted by Yemens Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor has concluded that the government will need to create some 200,000 jobs annually to successfully tackle the countrys surging unemployment. A further 24,000 jobs will be needed to deal with the cumulative unemployment of previous years, the ministry added. The study, which was presented to the Yemeni cabinet on 8...