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Educated but unemployed: the challenge facing Egypt's youth

This policy briefing focuses on the problem of unemployment among tertiary educated Egyptian youth. The briefing wi ... Show more
This policy briefing focuses on the problem of unemployment among tertiary educated Egyptian youth. The briefing will first provide a short summary of higher education in Egypt, highlighting some of the structural issues that have been growing since the system was revamped during the 1950s and 1960s. The briefing will then highlight the various dimensions of the unemployment of university graduates, including the education-occupation mismatch, the negative impact of neoliberal economic reforms, higher unemployment rates among females, the luxury unemployment phenomenon, the lack of emphasis on entrepreneurship, and the assumption that education is free in Egypt. The briefing closes with a set of policy recommendations for how to begin to address the problem.
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Authors: Ghafar, Adel Abdel

Date: 2016

Geographic subjects: Egypt; Africa

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Series name: Brookings Doha Center policy briefing

Subjects: Policy; Youth; Employment ... [+] Show more