Jobs or privileges : unleashing the employment potential of the Middle East and North Africa (English)

Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries face a critical choice as they strive to generate greater private sector growth and more jobs: promote competition, provide equal opportunities for all entrepreneurs, and dismantle the current system of privileges for connected firms or risk perpetuating the current equilibrium of low job creation. This report shows that policies that stifle competition and create an uneven playing field abound in MENA...

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Author

Schiffbauer,Marc Tobias;

Sy,Abdoulaye;

Hussain,Sahar Sajjad;

Sahnoun,Hania;

Keefer,Philip E.;
Document Date
2014/01/01
Document Type
Publication
Report Number
92767
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Middle East and North Africa,
Region
Middle East and North Africa,
Disclosure Date
2014/11/25
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Jobs or privileges : unleashing the employment potential of the Middle East and North Africa
Keywords
Private Sector Growth

Language

English

Rel. Proj ID

5M-Structural Transformation in MENA -- P132549

Major Sector

FY17 - Industry, Trade and Services

FY17 - Public Administration

Theme

FY17 - Structural Transformation and Economic Diversification,FY17 - Inclusive Growth,FY17 - Business Enabling Environment,FY17 - Green Growth,FY17 - Trade Facilitation,FY17 - Innovation and Technology Policy,FY17 - Transparency, Accountability and Good Governance,FY17 - Trade,FY17 - Regulation and Competition Policy,FY17 - Economic Growth and Planning,FY17 - Public Administration

Sector

FY17 - Other Industry, Trade and Services,FY17 - Trade,FY17 - Public Administration - Industry, Trade and Services,FY17 - Other Public Administration

TF No/Name

TF018571-MDTF-TD2

Topics

Job Creation and Job Opportunities,Jobs,Jobs Strategies,Private Sector Development,Trade,

Historic Topics

Finance and Financial Sector Development, Rural Development, Social Protections and Labor,

Historic SubTopics

International Trade and Trade Rules, Labor Markets, Marketing, Private Sector Development Law, Private Sector Economics,

Unit Owning

Macro, Trade, and Investment (GMTDR)

Originating Unit

GMFDR;

ISBN

978-1-4648-0405-2

Version Type

Final

Product Line

Economic and Sector Work

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Schiffbauer,Marc Tobias; Sy,Abdoulaye; Hussain,Sahar Sajjad; Sahnoun,Hania; Keefer,Philip E..

Jobs or privileges : unleashing the employment potential of the Middle East and North Africa (English). Washington, DC: World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/726941468278945026

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