Addressing Youth Unemployment in Yemen: International Support & Domestic Reform

Leonie Northedge* | 2 Feb 2011

The circumstances surrounding the dramatic overthrow of Tunisian president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali and calls for the end of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s rule have cast a spotlight on the problem of unemployment – and particularly youth unemployment – across the Arab world. Average unemployment across the region stands at  25 percent, a high number...