Jobs for shared prosperity : time for action in the Middle East and North Africa / / Roberta Gatti ... [et al.].
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| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | xxxi, 315 p. :; ill. |
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Table of Contents:
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgment
- Abbreviations
- Main messages
- Executive summary
- Overview
- Labor markets in the Middle East and North Africa : a low-productivity equilibrium
- Inefficient and inequitable labor markets : a low-productivity equilibrium
- Women, youth, and the working poor suffer most from the low productivity equilibrium
- Where are the barriers?
- A long-term view of MENA's economies and labor markets
- The dynamics of the private sector based on privileges rather than competition
- An institutional framework that reinforces the status quo
- Unemployable and unemployed : skills gaps and a meritocracy deficit in MENA
- What are possible policy options?
- Aligning incentives to invest, innovate, and generate employment
- Regulatory framework of the labor market : overcoming segmentation
- Education and training systems : realigning incentives for skills that matter and making employability count
- The road ahead
- The political economy of inclusion
- Appendix: Main data sources.