Evidence-Based Inclusive Policy Development For Improved Labour Market Performance And Integration Of Marginalized Groups In Northern Iraq At International Labour Organization

Evidence-Based Inclusive Policy Development For Improved Labour Market Performance And Integration Of Marginalized Groups In Northern Iraq At International Labour Organization

PROJECT BACKGROUND1. General backgroundIraq is in a “demographic window of opportunity” with a very large young population and a working age population growing at a higher rate than the overall population, but is currently unable to catalyse on this opportunity as job creation is not keeping up with the growing size of the workforce . Iraq has a youthful demographic profile, wherein nearly 50 percent of the population is under 19 years old and 2…