There isn’t much hope for the youth in Syria today. There are huge unemployment issues among the youth ages 15-24. The youth counts for 80% of unemployment. Females have a much higher unemployment rate than males. People in Syria are also waiting to get married due to the expense of marriage. A positive look is that Syria is working on getting rid of their national debt. Syria and Russia came to a deal which lessened Syria’s national debt by 80%. Syria’s production of oil has decreased as well.
Richard Street, Nader Kabbani, Yamama Al Oraibi. Responding to Weak Labor Market Conditions Facing Youth:The Case of Syria. August 22, 2006.
.http://www.araburban.org/AUDI/uploads/paper_19.pdf. (January 9, 2012)
Economy of Syria. January 8, 2012.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Syria. (January 9, 2012)
Do you think that once the national debt is low enough jobs will come around? Or are there simply far too many people for too few positions?
ReplyDeleteThere is certainly a fine line between creating jobs, reducing budget deficits and slipping into a depression. Unfortunately, I can imagine youth with more time on their hands and fewer prospects in Syria are more prone destructive behaviors.
Unfortunately the sanctions in place now hurt the people more than the government. Also, the tourist industry used to be a big source of income for Syria. Several years of drought conditions really hurt agriculture and plays a key factor in the areas that are most active in the revolution. The government is spending huge amounts of money on weapons and manpower to fight the protesters. The protest is really distracting their energy from working on reducing budget deficits. Obviously I could go on and on. Yes you are right about the youth in this kind of trapped and desperate situation, and that plays a huge role in the increasing violence.
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