Neglecting
population and housing numbers in the past few years, and lack of adequate
planning by the government, have led to a major unemployment crisis in the
society, in a way that one can say a silent army of unemployed people will lead
to the toppling of any government, warned Secretary-General of Iran’s House of
Economics.
“For each
college student we must consider two unemployed individuals with lesser
education. This means in the next few years we need to create 15 million new
jobs,” Massoud Daneshmand said.
“Around
$70,000 dollars is needed for every new job; meaning we need a budget of $10
billion to have the college students graduating in the next few years entering
the job market not end up unemployed. The government cannot provide for such a
budget and there is a need for foreign investment,” he continued.