| Description |
1 online resource (xxxi, 315 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
World Bank e-Library.
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| Contents |
Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgment -- Abbreviations -- Main messages -- Executive summary -- Overview -- Labor markets in the Middle East and North Africa : a low-productivity equilibrium -- Inefficient and inequitable labor markets : a low-productivity equilibrium -- Women, youth, and the working poor suffer most from the low productivity equilibrium -- Where are the barriers? -- A long-term view of MENA's economies and labor markets -- The dynamics of the private sector based on privileges rather than competition -- An institutional framework that reinforces the status quo -- Unemployable and unemployed : skills gaps and a meritocracy deficit in MENA -- What are possible policy options? -- Aligning incentives to invest, innovate, and generate employment -- Regulatory framework of the labor market : overcoming segmentation -- Education and training systems : realigning incentives for skills that matter and making employability count -- The road ahead -- The political economy of inclusion -- Appendix: Main data sources |
| Summary |
In the aftermath of the Arab Spring, when thousands of young women and men fought for the opportunity to realize their aspirations and potential, the question of jobs continues to be crucial in the Middle East and North Africa region. This report uses jobs as a lens to weave together the complex dynamics of employment creation, skills supply, and the institutional environment of labor markets. Consistent with the framework of the 2013 World Development Report on jobs, of which this report is the regional companion, this work goes beyond the traditional links between jobs, productivity, and living standards to include an understanding of how jobs matter for individual dignity and expectations--an aspect that was clearly central to the Arab Spring. Just as important, this report complements the economic perspective with an analysis of political economy equilibrium, with a view to identifying mechanisms that would trigger a reform process. As such, the report has three objectives: First, it seeks to provide an in-depth characterization of the dynamics of labor markets in the Middle East and North Africa and to analyze the barriers to the creation of more and better jobs. It does so by taking a cross-sectoral approach and identifying the distortions and incentives that the many actors--firms, governments, workers, students, education, and training systems--currently face, and which ultimately determine the equilibrium in labor markets. Second, the report proposes a medium term roadmap of policy options that could promote the robust and inclusive growth needed to tackle the structural employment challenge for the region. Third, the report aims to inform and open up a platform for debate on jobs among a broad set of stakeholders, with the ultimate goal of contributing to reach a shared view of the employment challenges and the reform path ahead.-- Publisher description |
| Analysis |
Distortions |
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Growth |
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Inequality |
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Youth |
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Informal channels |
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Training systems |
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Women |
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Insiders |
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Firm dynamics |
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Employment creation |
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Meritocracy |
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Employment generation |
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Labor market |
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Skills |
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Competition |
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Inefficiency |
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Outsiders |
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Political economy |
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Private sector |
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Productivity |
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Working poor |
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Jobs |
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Inclusion |
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Labor regulations |
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Regulatory environment |
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Segmentation |
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Educational quality |
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Incentives |
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Active labor market programs |
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Employability |
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Innovation |
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Formal channels |
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Status quo |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Labor market -- Middle East -- History -- 21st century
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Labor market -- Africa, North -- History -- 21st century
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Manpower policy -- Middle East
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Manpower policy -- Africa, North
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor.
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Economic history
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Labor market
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Manpower policy
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| SUBJECT |
Middle East -- Economic conditions -- 21st century
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Africa, North -- Economic conditions -- 21st century
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| Subject |
North Africa
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Middle East
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
World Bank, issuing body.
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| LC no. |
2012047957 |
| ISBN |
9780821397206 |
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0821397206 |
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