Research and Policy Memo #2 | January 2009
Public Sector Can Reduce Push Factors that Drive Youth Emigration Jad Chaaban
Young men and women prefer to leave Lebanon either temporarily or permanently to work abroad, leading to a decline in the country’s human capital and welfare. While the factors that attract youth abroad cannot be altered, the onus rests on public institutions in Lebanon to reduce the internal “push” factors that drive youth away.
“The Lebanese population’s age pyramid shows a shrinking trend in the 20-35 age categories,” said Jad Chaaban, a leading economist and researcher...
The Convention on the Rights of the Child is the most widely ratified international convention, confirming the commitment of the international community and governments around the world to the well-being and protection of the child.
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The popularity of the women’s rights cause and its obvious intrinsic merit have unfortunately generated many facile assumptions and much confusion about the conditions of women in the Middle East and the problems they face
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