Striving for Better Jobs : The Challenge of Informality in the Middle East and North Africa Region

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2011-12
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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. © World Bank. https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/10857 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”
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