Jobs or privileges : unleashing the employment potential of the Middle East and North Africa /

This report shows that in MENA, policies that lower competition and create an unleveled playing field abound and constrain private sector job creation. These policies take different forms across countries and sectors but share several common features: they limit free-entry in the domestic market, ex...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Schiffbauer, Marc
Autor Corporativo: World Bank
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, DC : World Bank, [2015]
Colección:MENA development report.
Temas:
Labor market > Middle East.
Labor market > Africa, North.
Manpower policy > Middle East.
Manpower policy > Africa, North.
Marché du travail > Afrique du Nord.
Emploi > Politique gouvernementale > Afrique du Nord.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
Labor market
Manpower policy
North Africa
Middle East
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments
  • About the Authors and Contributors
  • Abbreviations
  • Overview
  • Introduction
  • Notes
  • 1. Too Little Too Late: Private Sector Growth and Labor Demand
  • Economic Growth Has Been Moderate and Job Growth Weak
  • Drivers of Job Growth: Young Firms and Productive Firms Create More Jobs
  • MENA Needs a Larger Pool of Young Firms and Productive Firms
  • Notes
  • References
  • 2. Distorted Dynamics: The Impact of Policies on Firm Dynamics and Job Growth
  • Attracting FDI in Services Sparked Job Growth in Domestic Firms in Jordan
  • Business Regulations Limit Employment Growth among Young Firms in Morocco
  • Energy Subsidies in the Arab Republic of Egypt Discourage Growth in Labor-Intensive Industries
  • Discriminatory Policy Implementation Deters a Level Playing Field in MENA
  • Notes
  • References
  • 3. Avoiding the Pitfalls of Industrial Policy: Program Design in MENA and East Asia
  • Industrial Policy in MENA Has Had Limited Success and Many Instances of Policy Capture
  • What Did Successful Countries Do? The Case of the Republic of Korea
  • Lessons from East Asia Are More Difficult to Implement than Is Commonly Understood
  • Notes
  • References
  • 4. Privileges Instead of Jobs: Political Connections and Private Sector Growth in MENA
  • Privileges to Politically Connected Firms Undermine Competition and Job Creation: Evidence from the Arab Republic of Egypt and Tunisia
  • Available Qualitative Evidence Points to Similar Mechanisms of Policy Privileges in Other MENA Countries
  • What Explains the Different Outcomes in MENA and East Asia?
  • Notes
  • References
  • Implications for Policy
  • Appendix A. Economic Growth and Structural Transformation
  • Appendix B. Firm Censuses and Surveys: Countries, Time and Sector Coverage
  • Appendix C. Share of Employment in Large Firms among State-Owned Enterprises and Foreign Firms
  • Appendix D. Employment Growth over Firms' Life Cycles: Manufacturing Sector
  • Appendix E. FDI Inflow and Employment in Jordan: Regression Analysis
  • Appendix F. Quality of Business Environment and Jobs in Morocco: Data, Methods, and Main Findings
  • Appendix G. Political Connections and Private Sector in the Arab Republic of Egypt.

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