The Labor Market Policy Reform Agenda in MENA

The Labor Market Policy Reform Agenda in MENA

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 t...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACTIVE LABOR ACTIVE LABOR MARKET ACTIVE LABOR MARKET POLICIES ACTIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS CAPACITY BUILDING ECONOMIC GROWTH EMPLOYABILITY EMPLOYERS EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT CREATION EMPLOYMENT GENERATION EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS EXTERNALITIES FEMALE EMPLOYMENT FEMALE LABOR FEMALE LABOR FORCE FIRING FIRING COSTS HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INCOME INCOME SUPPORT INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT INFORMAL SECTOR INNOVATION INVESTMENTS IN EDUCATION JOB CREATION JOBS LABOR COSTS LABOR DEMAND LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET FLEXIBILITY LABOR MARKET INFORMATION LABOR MARKET INFORMATION SYSTEMS LABOR MARKET INSTITUTIONS LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES LABOR MARKET POLICIES LABOR MARKET POLICY LABOR MARKET REFORM LABOR MARKET TRAINING LABOR MARKETS LABOR MINISTRIES LABOR OFFICES LABOR REGULATION LABOR REGULATIONS LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYMENT MARKET WAGES MIGRATION MODERNIZATION NET EMPLOYMENT NUTRITION NUTRITIONAL STATUS PENSIONS PLACEMENT SERVICES POLICY DIALOGUE POLICY FRAMEWORK POLICY MAKERS POLITICAL PROCESS PREGNANT WOMEN PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCTIVITY PROFESSIONS PROTECTING WORKERS PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT SERVICES PUBLIC SECTOR JOBS PUBLIC WORKS RETIREMENT SELF-EMPLOYMENT PROMOTION SERVICE DELIVERY SEVERANCE PAYMENTS SHORT TERM EMPLOYMENT SKILL DEVELOPMENT SKILLED WORKERS SKILLS DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL COHESION SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SECTORS SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL SERVICE SOCIAL SUPPORT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT TERMINATION TRAINING POLICIES TRANSPORTATION UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYED POPULATION UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE UNEMPLOYMENT RATES UNEMPLOYMENT SPELLS UNIONS UNIVERSITY EDUCATION URBAN AREAS VOCATIONAL EDUCATION WAGE SUBSIDIES WORKER WORKERS YOUTH EMPLOYMENT
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/03/14281787/labor-market-policy-reform-agenda-mena http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10897

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