Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVII

No 41

11-October-2004

Irans Unemployment Crisis

By Jahangir Amuzegar

The following article was written for MEES by Jahangir Amuzegar, a distinguished economist and former member of the IMF Executive Board.

Stubborn, double-digit, unemployment is currently the Islamic Republics most acute single economic concern. Providing gainful, even if not equally productive, jobs for millions of job seekers now tops the list of the theocratic oligarchy's unrelenting...