Publication: Striving for Better Jobs : The Challenge of Informality in the Middle East and North Africa Region
Date
2011-12
ISSN
Published
2011-12
Author(s)
Abstract
This quick note provides an overview of
the World Bank report striving for better jobs: the
challenge of informality in the Middle East and North Africa
(MENA). The report was completed as a revolutionary wave of
demonstrations and protests swept across the Arab world.
Millions of young people were chanting 'dignity'
and 'social justice' in the region, underlining
deep-seated feelings of exclusion and inequality of
opportunities. Demanding democracy, human rights, and better
governance, young Arabs were also striving to realize their
economic aspirations in a region rich in human and physical
capital. However, while there has been economic growth for a
number of years in MENA countries, this has not led to an
adequate number of good jobs and has succeeded, at best, in
generating low-quality, informal jobs.
Citation
“Gatti, Roberta; Angel-Urdinola, Diego F.; Silva, Joana; Bodor, Andras. 2011. Striving for Better Jobs : The Challenge of Informality in the Middle East and North Africa Region. MENA Knowledge and Learning Quick Notes Series; No. 49. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/aa3c67bb-1166-544b-a9c9-263e79c7857f License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”