Publication: The Labor Market Policy Reform Agenda in MENA
Date
2011-03
ISSN
Published
2011-03
Author(s)
World Bank
Abstract
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.
Citation
“World Bank. 2011. The Labor Market Policy Reform Agenda in MENA. MENA Knowledge and Learning Quick Notes Series; No. 35. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/ae5549d9-67e7-5488-be5c-01e234531971 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”