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Towards a National Jobs Strategy for Kuwait: Behavioral Jobs Diagnostic Study

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dc.contributor.authorAfif, Zeina
dc.contributor.authorAl-Janahi, Ahmad
dc.contributor.authorAl Ameer, Abdullah
dc.contributor.authorAlrakhayes, Saud
dc.contributor.authorAlSabah, Mubarak
dc.contributor.authorAlRashidi, Faleh
dc.contributor.authorBahman, Hawra
dc.contributor.authorChatila, Mohamad
dc.contributor.authorDalton, Abigail
dc.contributor.authorEidan, Hamed
dc.contributor.authorHashim, Faisal
dc.contributor.authorPons, Gonzalo
dc.contributor.authorRahman, Tasmia
dc.contributor.authorRamadan, Alaa
dc.contributor.authorZoratto, Laura
dc.date.accessioned2023-10-26T19:08:06Z
dc.date.available2023-10-26T19:08:06Z
dc.date.issued2023-10-26
dc.description.abstractThis report presents a diagnostic study of barriers to private sector participation focusing on young Kuwaitis. The General Secretariat of the Supreme Council for Planning and Development (GSSCPD), Kuwait Public Policy Centre (KPPC) and the World Bank’s behavioral science team, the Mind, Behavior, and Development Unit (eMBeD), partnered to conduct a series of data collection activities seeking to identify key structural and behavioral barriers that prevent higher youth participation in the private sector. The right of every Kuwaiti to work is mentioned in Articles 26 and 41 of the Constitution and in various Emiri decrees. The Constitution also commits to state provision of allowances for housing, health care, education, as well as social security, pensions, and disability benefits. Overall, Kuwaiti citizens tend to consider public sector employment to be superior to private sector employment. Reasons for this include greater job security, less burdensome responsibilities, generous pay and benefits, and shorter working hours in the public sector compared to private sector (Towards a National Jobs Strategy in Kuwait, 2021). Given this, there is limited incentive for Kuwaitis to work in the private sector. Indeed, Kuwaiti nationals account for only 4.3 percent of the private sector workforce (Labor Market Information System, 2019), the majority of which is made up of expatriates. The public sector, on the other hand, employs 76 percent of Kuwaiti citizens (Labor Market Information System, 2019). However, the sustainability and efficiency of this system is more than ever under question. High population growth and expected entry of many Kuwaiti nationals into the jobs market by 2022 is putting pressure on public sector employment, and the rising wage bill presents further fiscal challenges (International Monetary Fund, 2019). Public sector entities, which are under pressure to absorb these entrants, are already overstaffed.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099819010202318728/IDU0e4ea9c0b01c8f04f340b3820ddb4f8a0e91d
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/40543
dc.identifier.urihttps://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/40543
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWashington, DC: World Bank
dc.rightsCC BY-NC 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/igo
dc.subjectJOBS
dc.subjectPRIVATE SECTOR
dc.subjectSTARTING A BUSINESS
dc.subjectTRANSITION
dc.titleTowards a National Jobs Strategy for Kuwaiten
dc.title.subtitleBehavioral Jobs Diagnostic Studyen
dc.typeReport
dspace.entity.typePublication
okr.crossref.titleTowards a National Jobs Strategy for Kuwait: Behavioral Jobs Diagnostic Study
okr.date.disclosure2023-10-26
okr.date.lastmodified2023-10-25T00:00:00Zen
okr.doctypeEconomic & Sector Work
okr.doctypeEconomic & Sector Work::Other Social Protection Study
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099819010202318728/IDU0e4ea9c0b01c8f04f340b3820ddb4f8a0e91d
okr.guid099819010202318728
okr.identifier.docmidIDU-e4ea9c0b-1c8f-4f34-b382-ddb4f8a0e91d
okr.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1596/40543
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum34183411
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum34183411
okr.identifier.report185143
okr.import.id2169
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okr.language.supporteden
okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099819010202318728/pdf/IDU0e4ea9c0b01c8f04f340b3820ddb4f8a0e91d.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeMiddle East and North Africa
okr.region.countryKuwait
okr.sectorSocial Protection
okr.themeLabor Market Institutions,Job Creation,Human Development and Gender,Private Sector Development,Labor Market Policy and Programs,Active Labor Market Programs,Jobs
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Labor Markets
okr.topicPrivate Sector Development::Private Sector Economics
okr.unitEFI-MNA-POV-Poverty and Equity (EMNPV)
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