Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Yemen’s long-term security is at risk, as popular unrest is fueled by a host of socioeconomic problems, including political instability stemming from internal conflicts, high unemployment, and a weak government crippled by widespread corruption.
In order to avert a possible uprising, Morocco must undertake a number of reforms to create more balanced power sharing between the executive, legislative, and judicial authorities and to guarantee more rights and equality for Moroccans.
Egypt’s new government must focus on social issues by fighting poverty and inequality and stimulating the creation of decent jobs.
Unless Algeria's leaders quickly address the major structural problems plaguing the nation's economy and increase government oversight, protests in the country will likely grow.
The level of education among job seekers in Tunisia has improved, yet, the government still fails to make policies that guarantee enough job creation to absorb new entrants to the labor market, causing the country's youth feelings of frustration and despair.
With nearly 1 in 3 Tunisian youth unemployed, the country’s policymakers must develop a strategic vision for growth and create jobs quickly.
Egypt could face significant social upheaval unless its government takes concrete action to reform the country's education, labor, and the public finance systems.
While Morocco’s poverty rate has fallen by more than 40 percent in the last decade, the country’s leaders must reconsider their poverty-reduction strategy if they want to sustain the positive trend and overcome remaining challenges.
The economic and social conditions of Egypt’s youth require the government to take concrete actions to reform the education, labor, and credit markets.
As Arab countries are the first victims of global price fluctuations of food commodities, they have a strong interest in the adoption of international mechanisms to bridge the emerging gap between the demand and supply in international markets.
