Nasr: Unemployment biggest obstacle facing Mideast youth

Unemployment is the biggest economic and social challenge facing young people in the Middle East, Egyptian International Cooperation Minister Sahr Nasr said on Friday. 

In a speech to a high-level session of the International Finance Corporation (IFC), Nasr said that strategies adopted by governments to face unemployment will never succeed unless as part of a general economic development policy. 

The minister noted that Egypt has recently adopted a sustainable development strategy to start an ambitious economic and social reform program. 

She said that the Egyptian government program focuses on supporting the most needy classes.