The Labor Market Policy Reform Agenda in MENA

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The Labor Market Policy Reform Agenda in MENA

collection.link.189	https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/9420
collection.name.189	MENA Knowledge & Learning
dc.contributor.author	World Bank
dc.date.accessioned	2012-08-13T13:28:26Z
dc.date.available	2012-08-13T13:28:26Z
dc.date.issued	2011-03
dc.date.lastModified	2021-04-23T14:02:52Z
dc.description.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.	en
dc.identifier	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/03/14281787/labor-market-policy-reform-agenda-mena
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10897
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseries	MENA Knowledge and Learning Quick Notes Series; No. 35
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subject	ACTIVE LABOR
dc.subject	ACTIVE LABOR MARKET
dc.subject	ACTIVE LABOR MARKET POLICIES
dc.subject	ACTIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS
dc.subject	CAPACITY BUILDING
dc.subject	ECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subject	EMPLOYABILITY
dc.subject	EMPLOYERS
dc.subject	EMPLOYMENT
dc.subject	EMPLOYMENT CREATION
dc.subject	EMPLOYMENT GENERATION
dc.subject	EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
dc.subject	EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS
dc.subject	EXTERNALITIES
dc.subject	FEMALE EMPLOYMENT
dc.subject	FEMALE LABOR
dc.subject	FEMALE LABOR FORCE
dc.subject	FIRING
dc.subject	FIRING COSTS
dc.subject	HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT
dc.subject	HUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subject	HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	INCOME
dc.subject	INCOME SUPPORT
dc.subject	INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT
dc.subject	INFORMAL SECTOR
dc.subject	INNOVATION
dc.subject	INVESTMENTS IN EDUCATION
dc.subject	JOB CREATION
dc.subject	JOBS
dc.subject	LABOR COSTS
dc.subject	LABOR DEMAND
dc.subject	LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
dc.subject	LABOR MARKET
dc.subject	LABOR MARKET FLEXIBILITY
dc.subject	LABOR MARKET INFORMATION
dc.subject	LABOR MARKET INFORMATION SYSTEMS
dc.subject	LABOR MARKET INSTITUTIONS
dc.subject	LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES
dc.subject	LABOR MARKET POLICIES
dc.subject	LABOR MARKET POLICY
dc.subject	LABOR MARKET REFORM
dc.subject	LABOR MARKET TRAINING
dc.subject	LABOR MARKETS
dc.subject	LABOR MINISTRIES
dc.subject	LABOR OFFICES
dc.subject	LABOR REGULATION
dc.subject	LABOR REGULATIONS
dc.subject	LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYMENT
dc.subject	MARKET WAGES
dc.subject	MIGRATION
dc.subject	MODERNIZATION
dc.subject	NET EMPLOYMENT
dc.subject	NUTRITION
dc.subject	NUTRITIONAL STATUS
dc.subject	PENSIONS
dc.subject	PLACEMENT SERVICES
dc.subject	POLICY DIALOGUE
dc.subject	POLICY FRAMEWORK
dc.subject	POLICY MAKERS
dc.subject	POLITICAL PROCESS
dc.subject	PREGNANT WOMEN
dc.subject	PRIMARY EDUCATION
dc.subject	PRIVATE SECTOR
dc.subject	PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subject	PROFESSIONS
dc.subject	PROTECTING WORKERS
dc.subject	PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT
dc.subject	PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT SERVICES
dc.subject	PUBLIC SECTOR JOBS
dc.subject	PUBLIC WORKS
dc.subject	RETIREMENT
dc.subject	SELF-EMPLOYMENT PROMOTION
dc.subject	SERVICE DELIVERY
dc.subject	SEVERANCE PAYMENTS
dc.subject	SHORT TERM EMPLOYMENT
dc.subject	SKILL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	SKILLED WORKERS
dc.subject	SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	SOCIAL COHESION
dc.subject	SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	SOCIAL PROTECTION
dc.subject	SOCIAL SECTORS
dc.subject	SOCIAL SECURITY
dc.subject	SOCIAL SERVICE
dc.subject	SOCIAL SUPPORT
dc.subject	TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
dc.subject	TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT
dc.subject	TERMINATION
dc.subject	TRAINING POLICIES
dc.subject	TRANSPORTATION
dc.subject	UNEMPLOYED
dc.subject	UNEMPLOYED POPULATION
dc.subject	UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
dc.subject	UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
dc.subject	UNEMPLOYMENT SPELLS
dc.subject	UNIONS
dc.subject	UNIVERSITY EDUCATION
dc.subject	URBAN AREAS
dc.subject	VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
dc.subject	WAGE SUBSIDIES
dc.subject	WORKER
dc.subject	WORKERS
dc.subject	YOUTH EMPLOYMENT
dc.title	The Labor Market Policy Reform Agenda in MENA	en
okr.crosscuttingsolutionarea	Jobs
okr.date.disclosure	2011-06-02
okr.doctype	Publications & Research :: Brief
okr.doctype	Publications & Research
okr.docurl	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/03/14281787/labor-market-policy-reform-agenda-mena
okr.globalpractice	Social Protection and Labor
okr.globalpractice	Health, Nutrition, and Population
okr.googlescholar.linkpresent	yes
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum	000333037_20110602012927
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum	14281787
okr.identifier.report	62245
okr.language.supported	en
okr.pdfurl	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2011/06/02/000333037_20110602012927/Rendered/PDF/622450BRI0Labo0Box0361475B00PUBLIC0.pdf	en
okr.region.administrative	Middle East and North Africa
okr.topic	Social Protections and Labor :: Labor Markets
okr.topic	Social Protections and Labor :: Labor Policies
okr.topic	Health, Nutrition and Population :: Population Policies
okr.topic	Social Protections and Labor :: Labor Management and Relations
okr.topic	Social Protections and Labor :: Labor Standards
okr.unit	Human Development Group (MNSHD)
okr.volume	1 of 1

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