“Between 2020 and 2040, about 127 million young people will enter the labour force in the Mena region, facing an unemployment rate of 23 per cent. At the same time, nearly 29 million jobs are at risk of being displaced by 2030 because of automation, McKinsey says.”

–Kelsey Warner, writing in The National, discusses ways to address youth unemployment in the Middle East. [The National]