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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Main Authors: Brodmann, Stefanie, Cuadra, Ernesto P., Allouche, Mohamad Ismail, Hillis, Samira Ahmed
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: 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
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spelling okr-10986-108542021-04-23T14:02:52Z From Education-to-Work : Opportunities and Challenges in the West Bank and Gaza Brodmann, Stefanie Cuadra, Ernesto P. Allouche, Mohamad Ismail Hillis, Samira Ahmed ACCREDITATION ACTIVE LABOR ACTIVE LABOR MARKET ACTIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS ADULT LITERACY BASIC EDUCATION CAPACITY OF TERTIARY EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS CONTINUOUS EDUCATION CURRICULA DIPLOMAS EDUCATION LEVEL EDUCATION PROGRAMS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL LEVELS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT PATTERN EMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS EMPLOYMENT SITUATION ENROLLMENT FEMALE EMPLOYMENT FURTHER EDUCATION GENDER EQUALITY GENDER PARITY HIGHER EDUCATION HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INTERNSHIPS JOB INSECURITY JOB OPPORTUNITIES JOBS LABOR DEMAND LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET INDICATORS LABOR MARKET NEEDS LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES LABOR MARKETS LABOR MIGRATION LABOR SUPPLY LEARNING LEARNING ACTIVITIES LEVEL OF EDUCATION LIFE SKILLS LITERACY MINISTRY OF EDUCATION MOBILITY NEW ENTRANTS OCCUPATION PRINCIPALS PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTORS PUBLIC WORKS PUPILS SCHOLARSHIPS SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL GRADUATES SKILL LEVELS SKILLS DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL SCIENCES TEACHERS TEACHING TEACHING METHODS TECHNICAL COLLEGES TERTIARY EDUCATION TRAINING CENTERS TRAINING COURSES TRAINING PROGRAMS UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATES UNIVERSITIES UNIVERSITY DEGREE UNIVERSITY GRADUATES UNIVERSITY GRADUATION VOCATIONAL EDUCATION VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS VOCATIONAL STUDENTS WAGE SUBSIDIES WORKER WORKING CONDITIONS YOUNG PEOPLE YOUTH 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. 2012-08-13T13:21:08Z 2012-08-13T13:21:08Z 2012-01 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 English MENA Knowledge and Learning Quick Notes Series; No. 55 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Middle East and North Africa West Bank and Gaza
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topic ACCREDITATION
ACTIVE LABOR
ACTIVE LABOR MARKET
ACTIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS
ADULT LITERACY
BASIC EDUCATION
CAPACITY OF TERTIARY EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS
CONTINUOUS EDUCATION
CURRICULA
DIPLOMAS
EDUCATION LEVEL
EDUCATION PROGRAMS
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
EDUCATIONAL LEVELS
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS
EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT PATTERN
EMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS
EMPLOYMENT SITUATION
ENROLLMENT
FEMALE EMPLOYMENT
FURTHER EDUCATION
GENDER EQUALITY
GENDER PARITY
HIGHER EDUCATION
HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
INTERNSHIPS
JOB INSECURITY
JOB OPPORTUNITIES
JOBS
LABOR DEMAND
LABOR FORCE
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKET INDICATORS
LABOR MARKET NEEDS
LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES
LABOR MARKETS
LABOR MIGRATION
LABOR SUPPLY
LEARNING
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
LEVEL OF EDUCATION
LIFE SKILLS
LITERACY
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
MOBILITY
NEW ENTRANTS
OCCUPATION
PRINCIPALS
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRIVATE SECTORS
PUBLIC WORKS
PUPILS
SCHOLARSHIPS
SECONDARY EDUCATION
SECONDARY SCHOOL GRADUATES
SKILL LEVELS
SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL SCIENCES
TEACHERS
TEACHING
TEACHING METHODS
TECHNICAL COLLEGES
TERTIARY EDUCATION
TRAINING CENTERS
TRAINING COURSES
TRAINING PROGRAMS
UNEMPLOYED
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
UNIVERSITIES
UNIVERSITY DEGREE
UNIVERSITY GRADUATES
UNIVERSITY GRADUATION
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS
VOCATIONAL STUDENTS
WAGE SUBSIDIES
WORKER
WORKING CONDITIONS
YOUNG PEOPLE
YOUTH
spellingShingle ACCREDITATION
ACTIVE LABOR
ACTIVE LABOR MARKET
ACTIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS
ADULT LITERACY
BASIC EDUCATION
CAPACITY OF TERTIARY EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS
CONTINUOUS EDUCATION
CURRICULA
DIPLOMAS
EDUCATION LEVEL
EDUCATION PROGRAMS
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
EDUCATIONAL LEVELS
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS
EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT PATTERN
EMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS
EMPLOYMENT SITUATION
ENROLLMENT
FEMALE EMPLOYMENT
FURTHER EDUCATION
GENDER EQUALITY
GENDER PARITY
HIGHER EDUCATION
HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
INTERNSHIPS
JOB INSECURITY
JOB OPPORTUNITIES
JOBS
LABOR DEMAND
LABOR FORCE
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKET INDICATORS
LABOR MARKET NEEDS
LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES
LABOR MARKETS
LABOR MIGRATION
LABOR SUPPLY
LEARNING
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
LEVEL OF EDUCATION
LIFE SKILLS
LITERACY
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
MOBILITY
NEW ENTRANTS
OCCUPATION
PRINCIPALS
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRIVATE SECTORS
PUBLIC WORKS
PUPILS
SCHOLARSHIPS
SECONDARY EDUCATION
SECONDARY SCHOOL GRADUATES
SKILL LEVELS
SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL SCIENCES
TEACHERS
TEACHING
TEACHING METHODS
TECHNICAL COLLEGES
TERTIARY EDUCATION
TRAINING CENTERS
TRAINING COURSES
TRAINING PROGRAMS
UNEMPLOYED
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
UNIVERSITIES
UNIVERSITY DEGREE
UNIVERSITY GRADUATES
UNIVERSITY GRADUATION
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS
VOCATIONAL STUDENTS
WAGE SUBSIDIES
WORKER
WORKING CONDITIONS
YOUNG PEOPLE
YOUTH
Brodmann, Stefanie
Cuadra, Ernesto P.
Allouche, Mohamad Ismail
Hillis, Samira Ahmed
From Education-to-Work : Opportunities and Challenges in the West Bank and Gaza
geographic_facet Middle East and North Africa
West Bank and Gaza
relation MENA Knowledge and Learning Quick Notes Series; No. 55
description 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.
format Publications & Research :: Brief
author Brodmann, Stefanie
Cuadra, Ernesto P.
Allouche, Mohamad Ismail
Hillis, Samira Ahmed
author_facet Brodmann, Stefanie
Cuadra, Ernesto P.
Allouche, Mohamad Ismail
Hillis, Samira Ahmed
author_sort Brodmann, Stefanie
title From Education-to-Work : Opportunities and Challenges in the West Bank and Gaza
title_short From Education-to-Work : Opportunities and Challenges in the West Bank and Gaza
title_full From Education-to-Work : Opportunities and Challenges in the West Bank and Gaza
title_fullStr From Education-to-Work : Opportunities and Challenges in the West Bank and Gaza
title_full_unstemmed From Education-to-Work : Opportunities and Challenges in the West Bank and Gaza
title_sort from education-to-work : opportunities and challenges in the west bank and gaza
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url 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
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