Disruptive Technology : New Growth Engine for MENA?
MENA economies have been experiencing moderate to high growth in GDP with stagnant growth in employment, a phenomenon of "jobless growth" since the 1970s. This dire situation in MENA is a result of the existing social contract, in which t...
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| Format: | Brief |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2018
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/511011526315119648/Disruptive-technology-new-growth-engine-for-MENA http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29851 |
| Summary: | MENA economies have been experiencing
moderate to high growth in GDP with stagnant growth in
employment, a phenomenon of "jobless growth" since
the 1970s. This dire situation in MENA is a result of the
existing social contract, in which the state is the main
provider of public sector jobs and social and economic
benefits to citizens in exchange for limited public
participation and accountability. |
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