Jobs or Privileges : Unleashing the Employment Potential of the Middle East and North Africa

This report argues that Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries face a critical choice in their quest for higher private sector growth and more jobs: promote competition, equal opportunities for all entrepreneurs and dismantle existing privil...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Other Urban Study
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACCOUNTING AGGREGATE EMPLOYMENT AGGREGATE GROWTH AGGREGATE PRODUCTIVITY AGGREGATE PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH BANKRUPTCY LAWS BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT CENSUSES CITIZEN CITIZENS COLLEGE GRADUATES COMPETITION LAW COMPETITIVE PRESSURES COMPETITORS CREATIVE DESTRUCTION DEMAND FOR SERVICES DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICIES DIVERSIFICATION DOMESTIC MARKET DRIVERS ECONOMIC BENEFITS ECONOMIC GROWTH EDUCATED WOMEN EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMPLOYEE EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT CREATION EMPLOYMENT GROWTH EMPLOYMENT GROWTH RATES EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES EMPLOYMENT PERFORMANCE EMPLOYMENT SHARE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION EMPLOYMENT TRENDS ENTREPRENEURS EQUAL ACCESS EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY FAMILY MEMBERS FERTILITY FERTILITY RATES FIRM DYNAMICS FIRM ENTRY FIRM GROWTH FIRM PRODUCTIVITY FIRM SIZE FIRM SIZES FIRM TURNOVER FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FORMAL SECTOR WORKERS GOVERNMENT POLICIES GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS GOVERNMENT SUPPORT GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT HIGH WAGES HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN RESOURCES IMPACT OF POLICIES INCOME INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT INFORMAL ECONOMY INFORMAL SECTOR INSURANCE INTENSIVE INDUSTRIES INTERNATIONAL MARKETS JOB CREATION JOB DESTRUCTION JOB PERFORMANCE JOB TRAINING JOBS LABOR CONTRACT LABOR CONTRACTS LABOR DEMAND LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR LAWS LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET POLICIES LABOR MARKETS LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LABOR PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH LABOR REALLOCATION LABOR SHARE LABOR SUPPLY LEVEL PLAYING FIELD MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS MARKET FAILURES MONOPOLIES MORTALITY MULTINATIONAL MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISES NATURAL RESOURCE NET EMPLOYMENT NET JOB CREATION NET PROFIT NUMBER OF WORKERS PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN POLICY DIALOGUE POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLITICAL ECONOMY POPULATION GROWTH POPULATION GROWTH RATE PREVIOUS STUDIES PREVIOUS WORK PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR JOB PRIVATE SECTOR JOBS PRIVATE SECTORS PRIVATIZATION PROCESS INNOVATION PRODUCT INNOVATION PRODUCT MARKET PRODUCT MARKET COMPETITION PRODUCTIVE FIRMS PRODUCTIVITY GAINS PRODUCTIVITY INCREASE PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC WORKS PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAM PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY REGULATORY BURDEN REGULATORY TASKS REMITTANCES RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS RETAIL TRADE RURAL AREAS SECONDARY DEGREE SERVICE SECTOR SERVICE SECTORS SIGNIFICANT POLICY SMALL FIRMS SME SOCIAL SECURITY SUBSIDIZED LAND SURVIVAL RATES TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TOTAL LABOR FORCE TRANSPORT TRANSPORTATION UNEDUCATED WOMEN UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATES WAGE DATA WORKER WORKERS WORKING POPULATION YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/06/19794535/jobs-or-privileges-unleashing-employment-potential-middle-east-north-africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19292