From Education-to-Work : Opportunities and Challenges in the West Bank and Gaza
Young Palestinians face serious employment challenges upon graduation. In 2009, unemployment among youth 15-24 years old was 28 percent for men and 36 percent for women in West Bank and 57 percent for men and 68 percent for women in Gaza. To better...
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| Format: | Brief |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2012
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/01/15988181/education-to-work-opportunities-challenges-west-bank-gaza-education-to-work-opportunities-challenges-west-bank-gaza http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10854 |
| Summary: | Young Palestinians face serious
employment challenges upon graduation. In 2009, unemployment
among youth 15-24 years old was 28 percent for men and 36
percent for women in West Bank and 57 percent for men and 68
percent for women in Gaza. To better understand the reasons
behind these poor labor market indicators, the Ministry of
Education and Higher Education (MOEHE) in collaboration with
the World Bank conducted focus group discussions with
concerned stakeholders in March 2011. This quick note
provides a summary of the presentation on the patterns of
education-to-work transitions of youth in the West Bank and
Gaza (WBG) made by the World Bank team to the focus group
meetings. It also incorporates a summary of the subsequent discussions. |
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