Syria’s social stability entails 250,000 new jobs per annum

In order to protect the social stability and to stimulate the national economy, the new Syrian government must create 250,000 new jobs per annum, a local economist asserted. last month the government launched a one billion dollar program to combat unemployment, which aims to create 440,000 new jobs in the upcoming five years. Al-Quds Al-Arabi reported that the unemployment problem, which is estimated to be as high as 20 percent in 2001, is the biggest challenge for Syria’s economic development process. — (menareport.com)

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