Unemployment's a Royal Concern

摘要

Regional unemployment and the Arab Spring were focal points for Jordan's King Abdullah II during his keynote speech at the specialedition World Economic Forum in Amman last month. "Our region stands today at the gates to the future," said the king at the opening of the WEF's summit on economic growth and job creation in the Arab world. The region needs to generate 85 million new jobs to resolve the Middle East's unemployment problem, he said, stressing the importance of a sound government in creating jobs: "Let's be clear: Political reform is economic reform.