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The Report

e4e is education that leads to improved employment prospects. The need for e4e in the Arab world is urgent and large scale. This report explores how private stakeholders can contribute to meeting this need and identifies what enabling environment would be required for these activities to flourish. Beyond data analysis, we engaged in discussions with all key stakeholders, including public and private education providers, civil society, public sector policy makers and administrators, private employers, and the youth themselves in order to understand each of their perspectives.

In total, we carried out more than 200 in-depth interviews and conducted surveys of 1,500 employers and 1,500 youth, focusing on nine countries that represent the diversity of the region's income, geography, and population size: Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Morocco, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and Palestinian Territories.*

While specific solutions may differ from country to country, the report's findings and themes have proven to be relevant across the whole region.

This is an IFC-IsDB report based on the findings of a study done by McKinsey & Company.

* This is referred to in the World Bank Group as West Bank & Gaza and in the IsDB Group as Palestine

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Full Report Table of Contents

  • Big thanks to you and you... 16
  • Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah Reflections by the Chairperson 18
  • Foreword 20
  • What's it all about 22
  • Project focus and methodology 30
  • Section 1: The e4e Challenge in the Arab World 34
  • Hope vs. unemployment – Setting the scene 36
  • Skills for employment – The objective of e4e 37
  • The e4e landscape in the Arab World 40
  • Scoping the e4e challenge in the Arab World 43
  • The costs of the broken e4e system 48
  • Conclusion 51
  • Section 2: Perspectives of e4e Stakeholders 52
  • The view of young people 54
  • The view of private sector employers 59
  • The view of private e4e providers 63
  • The view of government 64
  • Section 3: Private Participation and the Need for ‘All Hands on Deck' 66
  • The value of increased private sector participation 68
  • Stakeholder willingness and readiness to engage with the private sector 69
  • Section 4: Private Sector opportunities in post-secondary e4e provision 80
  • Overview of Private Sector opportunities in e4e provision 82
  • Vocational Education and Training opportunity 82
  • University education 88
  • Work readiness programs 99
  • Section 5: Opportunities to improve the e4e enabling environment 106
  • Standards framework and quality assurance 108
  • Sustainable funding mechanisms: The cost-sharing paradigm 112
  • Information transparency and matchmaking 119
  • Section 6: Call to Action 124
  • Private education providers 127
  • Private employers 133
  • Government and public sector institutions 137
  • Civil society institutions and media 142
  • International multilateral and bilateral development partners 143
  • The Call to Action for young people 144
  • References 146
  • Endnotes 150