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20 million unemployed in Arab world in 2012

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unemployed looking for a jobUnemployment in Arab countries rose to 16 percent in 2012 following the revolts that erupted the previous year, Arab Labor Organization chief Ahmed Mohamed Luqman announced on Sunday.

“The unemployment level in the Arab world was 14 percent in 2010, which translates to 17 million people out of work,” Luqman said in Algiers.

“This increased by two points by the end of 2012 to 16 percent, or 20 million people unemployed,” the ALO director general added.

Luqman said the upheavals that swept the Arab world in 2011 and 2012 had caused the rise, particularly because of a plunge in foreign investments and the number of tourists visiting the region.

“The return of foreign investment and political stability will be indispensable in reversing the rise in unemployment in Arab Spring countries,” he said.

A meeting of the ALO, which is affiliated to the 22-member Arab League, opens on Monday in the Algerian capital where ministers from the region, experts and trade union representatives are to discuss ways of tackling unemployment.

Al Arabiya

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14 responses to “20 million unemployed in Arab world in 2012”

  1. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    And the places with ‘viable economies’ are not doing a hell of a lot better in some cases … and the ‘charities’ fight for a dwindling supply to send all the time. Check the UN ‘refugee fund’.
    Cave-dwellers may be pleased …

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    1. dateam Avatar
      dateam

      I would love to know how they worked out this figure? In egypt alone theres over 12 million people living in cemetaries….where are these peoples addresses registered? You have the syrian conflict…you have for example to palestinians in camps in lebanon….are the payed mercenaries and alqaeda and hzb army on the lists of employed? its not like people fill out tax returns is it?

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      1. 5thDrawer Avatar
        5thDrawer

        If they had any work, they wouldn’t have the time to be running in the streets … but maybe the numbers come from the ‘Trade (Labour) Unions’ ? 😉

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      2. Constantin7 Avatar
        Constantin7

        I would say this article dropped a zero in the Arab world unemployed figures.
        For an “Umma” of 300 million, where 90% (at least) of the women are unemployed (this is 50% of 300 X 90% = 135 million) and at least 25% of the men are un-employed (50% of 300 X 25% = 35.5 million), so this makes, in western standards, the unemloyed number of over 170 million in the Arab world. This is not because we lack the jobs or the resources to create jobs. This is because we lack the brains to create these jobs. The Arab world is a net net exporter of brains. All the brains leave their Arab countries ruled by ignorants, deposts and tyrants and go to places where brains are appreciated and valued. Arabs have the biggest oil and gaz reserves in the world, Arab countries have a geographical strategic position in the world controlling the Suez Canal, the Gulf and Mediterranean access, and yet proportionately they have the least educated population in the world. Countries that have no resources at all (like Switzerland, Luxembourg, Belgium, The Netherlands, Austria, Japan, Singapoure, and many others) are way ahead of Arab countries because of the brains they have, keep and attract. It is simple: wealth and employment increases with the presence of brains, not with the presence of resources. However, when resources and brains are available in a country, then this country becomes a star among the nations (like the USA, Canada, Australia, UK, Norway, and others).

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        1. IraniAngel Avatar
          IraniAngel

          Is the arab World a brain exporter? You gotta be kidding. Assrabs cant even find their noses in the dark without the help of the west. Arabs who leave all live in ghettos in europe. Assrabs sponge on the European welfare and all of them are criminals, drug dealers and thugs. And believe you me none of them are educated eventhough education is FREE in most European countries. They barely graduate primary school. If you dont believe me go see it yourself. I have been in an assrab ghetto in Copenhagen which is filled with lebanese, palestinians, iraqis. Walking around there makes your lunch emerge from your stormach! I never thought that Europe had places like that but then again this is the impact assrabs have on their surroundings. Where ever assrabs are there is misery.

          If in any country in the ME a brain drain takes place it is Iran. Iranians in the West all positively contribute to their host countries. In the US for instance the iranian community is one of the richest diaspora community at all.

          Haha decidedly assrabs lack their brains when you think that the persian gulf is simply called the gulf. Thank you for displaying the standard of an assrab. That wasnt surprising anyway.

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          1. Yefim_Feldman Avatar
            Yefim_Feldman

            Coming from Australia where we have a large Lebanese community. Yes there are a lot of troublesome Lebanese and just as many who have excelled in their professions from Law,
            to medicine, construction, etc. The current governor general is of(she) Christian Lebanese extraction. There does appear to be a CULTURAL deficiency towards further studies, but
            this deficiency peters out as more become integrated.

  2. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    And the places with ‘viable economies’ are not doing a hell of a lot better in some cases … and the ‘charities’ fight for a dwindling supply to send all the time. Check the UN ‘refugee fund’.
    Cave-dwellers may be pleased …

    Reply
    1. dateam Avatar
      dateam

      I would love to know how they worked out this figure? In egypt alone theres over 12 million people living in cemetaries….where are these peoples addresses registered? You have the syrian conflict…you have for example to palestinians in camps in lebanon….are the payed mercenaries and alqaeda and hzb army on the lists of employed? its not like people fill out tax returns is it?

      Reply
      1. 5thDrawer Avatar
        5thDrawer

        If they had any work, they wouldn’t have the time to be running in the streets … but maybe the numbers come from the ‘Trade (Labour) Unions’ ? 😉

        Reply
      2. Constantin7 Avatar
        Constantin7

        I would say this article dropped a zero in the Arab world unemployed figures.

        For an “Umma” of 300 million, where 90% (at least) of the women are unemployed (this is 50% of 300 X 90% = 135 million) and at least 25% of the men are un-employed (50% of 300 X 25% = 35.5 million), so this makes, in western standards, the unemloyed number of over 170 million in the Arab world. This is not because we lack the jobs or the resources to create jobs. This is because we lack the brains to create these jobs. The Arab world is a net net exporter of brains. All the brains leave their Arab countries ruled by ignorants, deposts and tyrants and go to places where brains are appreciated and valued. Arabs have the biggest oil and gaz reserves in the world, Arab countries have a geographical strategic position in the world controlling the Suez Canal, the Gulf and Mediterranean access, and yet proportionately they have the least educated population in the world. Countries that have no resources at all (like Switzerland, Luxembourg, Belgium, The Netherlands, Austria, Japan, Singapoure, and many others) are way ahead of Arab countries because of the brains they have, keep and attract. It is simple: wealth and employment increases with the presence of brains, not with the presence of resources. However, when resources and brains are available in a country, then this country becomes a star among the nations (like the USA, Canada, Australia, UK, Norway, and others).

        Reply
        1. IraniAngel Avatar
          IraniAngel

          Is the arab World a brain exporter? You gotta be kidding. Assrabs cant even find their noses in the dark without the help of the west. Arabs who leave all live in ghettos in europe. Assrabs sponge on the European welfare and all of them are criminals, drug dealers and thugs. And believe you me none of them are educated eventhough education is FREE in most European countries. They barely graduate primary school. If you dont believe me go see it yourself. I have been in an assrab ghetto in Copenhagen which is filled with lebanese, palestnians, iraqis. Walking around there makes your lunch emerge from your stormach! I never thought that Europe had places like that but then again this is the impact assrabs have on their surroundings. Where ever assrabs are there is misery.

          If in any country in the ME a brain drain takes place it is Iran. Iranians in the West all positively contribute to their host countries. In the US for instance the iranian community is one of the richest diaspora community at all.

          Haha decidedly assrabs lack their brains when you think that the persian gulf is simply called the gulf. Thank you for displaying the standard of an assrab. That wasnt surprising anyway.

          Reply
          1. Yefim Feldman Avatar
            Yefim Feldman

            Coming from Australia where we have a large Lebanese community. Yes there are a lot of troublesome Lebanese and just as many who have excelled in their professions from Law,
            to medicine, construction, etc. The current governor general is of(she) Christian Lebanese extraction. There does appear to be a CULTURAL deficiency towards further studies, but
            this deficiency peters out as more become integrated.

  3. Amine123 Avatar
    Amine123

    too busy killing each others, Lebanon depends on Tourism yet HA and all the theives in the government fight and make it impossible for any one to make living
    Iran and the Syrian regime comes first and then Lebanon

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  4. Amine123 Avatar
    Amine123

    too busy killing each others, Lebanon depends on Tourism yet HA and all the theives in the government fight and make it impossible for any one to make living
    Iran and the Syrian regime comes first and then Lebanon

    Reply

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