YEMEN: 42 PERCENT OF CHILDREN JOIN LABOR MARKET.(Brief Article)

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According to Al-Hayat newspaper (July 29, 2002), a recently publicized study by a specialized Swedish organization uncovered that 42 percent of Yemeni children join the local labor market. Those children...

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