In order to protect the social stability and to stimulate the national economy, the new Syrian government must create 250,000 new jobs per annum, a local economist asserted. last month the government launched a one billion dollar program to combat unemployment, which aims to create 440,000 new jobs in the upcoming five years. Al-Quds Al-Arabi reported that the unemployment problem, which is estimated to be as high as 20 percent in 2001, is the biggest challenge for Syria’s economic development process. — (menareport.com)
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