VOL. XLV

No 49

9-December-2002

Syria, Jordan, Lebanon And The PalestinianTerritories: Recent Developments And Possible Futures

By Paul Sullivan

The following article was written for MEES by Professor Paul Sullivan of the NationalDefenseUniversity,Washington,DC.*

Introduction

A recent UNDP survey1found that about 51% of boys and 45% of girls in the Arab world would like to leave their countries. Their main issues of worry are job prospects and education.

Let us get an initial sense of what these...