Striving for better jobs : the challenge of informality in the Middle East and North Africa /

While economic growth has been sustained for a number of years in many countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, this has not resulted in the creation of an adequate number of jobs and has succeeded, at best, in generating low-quality, informal jobs. While there is a great deal of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Gatti, Roberta, Angel-Urdinola, Diego F., Silva, Joana
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, DC : World Bank Publications, 2014.
Colección:Directions in development (Washington, D.C.). Human development.
Temas:
Informal sector (Economics) > Africa, North.
Informal sector (Economics) > Middle East.
Labor market > Africa, North.
Labor market > Middle East.
Secteur informel (Économie politique) > Afrique du Nord.
Marché du travail > Afrique du Nord.
Informal sector (Economics)
Labor market
North Africa
Middle East
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:While economic growth has been sustained for a number of years in many countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, this has not resulted in the creation of an adequate number of jobs and has succeeded, at best, in generating low-quality, informal jobs. While there is a great deal of heterogeneity across countries, informality in MENA is widespread, and some countries in the region are amongst the most informal economies in the world. The book looks at informality through a human development angle and focuses specifically on informal employment. In line with this approach, the.
Notas:Annex Table 1A.1 Sample Economies in the Informality Regression.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xxiv, 327 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9780821395363
082139536X

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