The Labor Market Policy Reform Agenda in MENA

World Bank

The Labor Market Policy Reform Agenda in MENA

2011

World Bank

Despite positive economic growth in recent years, basic labor market outcomes in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) remained stagnant and have only improved slightly in the past 10 years. A number of recent and ongoing analyses have stressed the pressing need for many economies in the region to identify new and sustainable sources of growth, create more and higher value-added employment, and absorb the fast growing number of university graduates into the labor market. Structural transformation towards higher productivity and the creation of qualified jobs requires far reaching reforms in multiple sectors, including innovation, science and technology; education quality; labor market flexibility and mobility; and entrepreneurial incentives allowing investors to innovate, invest, and create higher value added jobs. Within this broad context, this note focuses on labor market policies and the agenda for labor market reform in MENA.

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capacity building economic growth employment human capital income informal sector innovation migration modernization nutrition nutritional status pensions pregnant women primary education private sector productivity professions public works retirement social development social protection social security transportation unemployment insurance unions urban areas vocational education workers youth employment

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World Bank, Washington, DC

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Active labor market; Labor market information systems; Termination; Wage subsidies; Political process; University education; Public employment services; Training policies; Jobs; Market wages; Employment opportunities; Protecting workers; Employability; Employment generation; Placement services; Labor market institutions; Public sector jobs; Severance payments; Short term employment; Labor market training; Labor markets; Employers; Social support; Social sectors; Labor demand; Service delivery; Worker; Social service; Labor market policy; Self-employment promotion; Human development; Firing; Skilled workers; Labor market policies; Unemployed; Labor force participation; Labor regulation; Employment creation; Policy dialogue; Public employment; Temporary employment; Active labor market programs; Skills development; Income support; Policy makers; Firing costs; Active labor market policies; Social cohesion; Net employment; Female labor force; Labor market reform; Informal employment; Active labor; High unemployment; Female labor; Job creation; Labor market; Labor market information; Labor market flexibility; Unemployed population; Unemployment rates; Long-term unemployment; Labor market outcomes; Employment programs; Labor offices; Labor regulations; Technical assistance; Unemployment spells; Skill development; Labor ministries; Externalities; Labor costs; Investments in education; Female employment; Policy framework

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MENA Knowledge and Learning Quick Notes Series; No. 35http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/World BankCC BY 3.0 Unported

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MENA Knowledge and Learning Quick Notes Series; No. 35

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2011

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