联合国西亚经济社会委员会：2024能更美好的未来：埃及中小企业创造青年就业的潜力报告（英文版）

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are a critical employer of young people in Egypt. The ratio of young people working in SMEs in Egypt is 89 per cent, compared with 77 per cent of the overall working age population.

The present policy brief examines SME employment trends in Egypt and how SMEs can be supported to drive youth employment creation. It presents the fastest growing sectors for employment creation and analyzes one of the greatest challenges facing SMEs in Egypt, namely