MENA’s growing young population is a huge opportunity – if we get it right

Apr 4, 2019

Boys jump into the river Nile during hot weather on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt, August 12, 2015

MENA's imminent demographic dividend could be an enormous boost to the region's economic development Image: REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

Geert Cappelaere

Regional Director, Middle East and North Africa, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)

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