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 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.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2011-03
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 https://hdl.handle.net/10986/10897
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