VOL. XLIII
No. 12
20-March-2000
MENA
Unemployment In Arab States Estimated At Around 20%
Unemployment in the Arab countries has been on the rise in recent years, reaching an estimated average in 1998 of 20% of a total workforce of 97mn, according to figures in the 1999 Unified Arab Economic Report published jointly by the Arab League, the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development, the Arab Monetary Fund and the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC). The report states that...
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