I tried to find a print article on this story, but only found the video version. Morocco has had for some time a job crisis for university graduates. It does seem Morocco's economy is growing, but in service and tourism industries foremost.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7527462.stm

Hey thanks! Interesting so they believe that the state owes them a job. The man who studies employment rates for the country says they are working hard and there is efforts being made but not enough for the rate of graduates being produced.

In Egypt I read about the same thing. You have a highly skilled and educated population unable to get jobs or good paying ones unless they relocate to the Gulf States. Outside of that there isn't much oppurtunity for these people.

The only real alternative I have seen is when PhD's do their study in another country such as Germany and meet someone there they may marry and immigrate.

In Jordan, the majority of the people hired by the universities had to do their PhDs in the USA, some in Europe. It's just another hurdle to getting a job.

They do think the government owes them a job! My husband couldn't believe when I graduated with a BA in political science that I couldn't just go to the government and ask for a job. I also read a statistic that there is something like 20% of people in the Moroccan civil service who is being paid but actually have no job becuase there just isn't anything for them to do (hence the government job handouts...)

I think the biggest problem is a lack of people starting their own businesses in order to create the jobs. If the government encouraged people to start up companies, then those companies would create jobs. Just a thought. There is probably more to it then I know, but in America thats how we create jobs outside of the government.

The problem with starting your own business there is getting a loan and having the money to do it I would imagine... and then you have to have something so cheap that other people will buy it.

Your right, thats why I think the government would be better off doing business loans as opposed to paying people to do nothing. There are lots of ways to encourage business growth. It is a matter of implementing them.

One of the things I've seen the men do to support their families is start a business in a tourist town and then charge the tourist more than what they would charge someone of their own nationality but not as much as the tourist would have to pay back home.

but you gotta figure in all the wasta and taxes and kick-backs they will have to do as well. It gets pretty expensive If they would, perhaps, lower taxes and not have to pay bribes for things, it may be easier.

I'm thinking along the lines of corprate businesses that require more of the people with the University degrees. I'm not an expert on these things, but there has to be a way to do it.