Youth are becoming an increasingpriority for countries in the Middle East and North Africa.Youth are an asset that if properly nurtured can stimulatethe economic and social development of the region. Countriesare searching for effective policies to capitalize on thisyouth asset and an increasing number of governmental andnongovernmental institutions in the region are involved inyouth related-work. This report represents an initialattempt to assess the case for making investment in youth asystematic development priority for the region. Itsummarizes what is known about the challenges facing youthand the opportunities successful youth embody, and begins toconsider the contours of promising cross-sectoral,youth-centered, and inclusive policies for the region andthe potential role for the World Bank. It is a first step inthe process of setting out the issues to encourage dialogueand discussion among policy makers leading to decisions andeventually actions. The report has two intended audiences.The first are policy makers in the region, particularlythose in Governments that are responsible for economic andsocial policy including Ministries of Finance, planning andeconomy and line ministries responsible for delivery ofsocial services to youth such as the health, education,social affairs and youth ministries. Second, donors anddevelopment organizations such as the World Bank can use thereport as an input into thinking about how youth issues mayfit into projects and to help formulate priorities towardyouth in the future.
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