Demographic Transition in the Middle East : Implications for Growth, Employment, and Housing /

The working age population is expected to grow faster in the Middle East than in any other region in the world between now and 2015-rising annually by 2.7 percent, or 10 million people. This demographic explosion presents the region with a major challenge in terms of providing jobs, incomes, and hou...

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Autor principal: Bhattacharya, Rina
Outros Autores: Dhonte, Pierre, Yousef, Tarik
Formato: Periódico
Idioma:English
Publicado em: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2000.
Colecção:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2000/041
Acesso em linha:Full text available on IMF
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