. Considering the high rate of unemployment (especially the youth unemployment) and poverty in most countries in the region … invalidate the importance of economic growth for unemployment and poverty reduction, but brings into focus the importance of …

female LFPR has not been matched by an increase in their employment rate and consequently unemployment amongst women remains … of being unemployed and to examine why women are more vulnerable to unemployment than men are. Using a decomposition … a pressing problem. In contrast, male unemployment rates are substantially lower and have not increased significantly …