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IMF Holds ME Youth Roundtable

DUBAI — Students from the American University of Sharjah met today with staff from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as part of the series of roundtable discussions being held at universities throughout the Middle East and North Africa under the IMF Youth Dialog.

The Sharjah’s session was the seventh in the series of student meetings, following Lahore, Pakistan; Beirut, Lebanon; Cairo, Egypt; Ifrane, Morocco; Amman, Jordan; and Tunis, Tunisia. In the coming days, the IMF will hold a similar event with students in Saudi Arabia.

“Every day, economic and policy decisions are made that affects the lives of our youth. But rarely do these future leaders have a platform to voice their opinion on issues that matter to them most, such as jobs and economic stability,” said Ralph Chami, IMF’s Chief of the Regional Studies Division in the Middle East and Central 
Asia Department.

“We at IMF recognised this and set out to establish this forum, which will help us better understand the views of today’s youth and give them an opportunity to contribute their perspectives on policy measures for sustainable economic growth in the Middle East.”

“During the course of the roundtables, it has become very clear that university students are very focused on their job prospects in the wake of the global financial crisis,” said Maureen Burke of the IMF External Relations Department. 
—business@khaleejtimes.com