Emirati youth trust govt on economic stability: Survey

Emirati youth trust govt on economic stability: Survey

Dubai: Young Emiratis are confident in the UAE government’s ability to address unemployment, manage the rising cost of living, and ensure economic stability, according to the latest findings of an annual Arab Youth Survey. They also trust their government to take action on climate change, the 15th annual ASDA’A BCW Arab Youth Survey found. While Arab youth in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) have responded similarly, nearly two-thirds of their counterparts outside the GCC countries lack confidence in their governments’ ability to tackle their most pressing concerns such as unemployment, corruption, and rising living costs. More than half (54%) of the total respondents also felt their voice did not matter to their country’s leadership. This is a significant drop of 19 per cent points over 2022 in the number of young Arabs who said their voice matters to their leadership. This feeling of estrangement, primarily driven by young people in North Africa and the Levant, is also the most pronounced in five years. The most comprehensive study of its kind of the Arab world’s largest demographic, the survey has covered over 200 million youth, by ASDA’A BCW, the Middle East and North Africa’s leading communications consultancy. ASDA’A BCW commissioned research