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Jordan
After the Arab Spring / Youth unemployment still the most urgent challenge
Across the region, economic growth has fallen since 2011. In Egypt, Syria and Tunisia, and to a lesser extent, Lebanon, it happened mainly as a result of political instability. Since young people occupied Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt’s economy, the region’s largest, has shrunk by 7% and exports have fallen by around 40%, while the … Continue reading
Jordan / Finding better jobs tops priorities
More than 7,000 Jordanians have so far defined their priorities for the period after 2015 by voting through the United Nations website Continue reading
Jordan / World Bank grants $70m loan to ease youth unemployment
The World Bank has granted Jordan $70 million in financing to help it to extend small loans to young people in depressed rural areas that have suffered most from the country’s sluggish economic growth. With almost 40 percent of the country’s seven million population aged under 15, youth unemployment is a particular problem and has … Continue reading
Jordan / Significant numbers not paid minimum wage
A significant number of workers are paid less than the minimum wage, with 1.4 per cent of the workforce earning less than JD100 ($141) a month, the Department of Statistics (DoS) said on Tuesday. According to a recent DoS study that covered 2012, 12.4 per cent of working Jordanians get less than JD200 ($282) a … Continue reading
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