More Than a Quarter of Young Iraqi Men Remain Jobless, Threatening Stability

Posted by Amanda Terkel, Think Progress at 4:38 AM on February 17, 2009.

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A report released a few days ago by the United Nations's Information Analysis Unit finds that more than "a fourth of Iraq's young men are out of work, a situation that is likely to worsen and threatens the country's long-term stability. ... Overall, the country's unemployment rate is 18%, but an additional 10% of the labor force is employed part time and wanting to work more." In a country still struggling to attract private investment, government jobs now make up 60 percent of employment, a rate that will be unsustainable as oil prices drop.

Tagged as: iraq, jobs, unemployment, stability

Amanda Terkel is Deputy Research Director at the Center for American Progress and serves as Deputy Editor for The Progress Report and ThinkProgress.org at the Center for American Progress.

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