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

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 privileges to specific firms or risk perpetuating the current equilibrium of low job creation. The report shows that policies which lower competition in MENA also constrain private sector development and job creation...

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Diwan,Ishac;

Doemeland,Doerte;

Hussain,Sahar Sajjad;

Al Kadi,Dalia;

Keefer,Philip E.;

Rijkers,Bob;

Sahnoun,Hania;

Schiffbauer,Marc Tobias;

Sy,Abdoulaye;
Document Date
2014/06/01
Document Type
Other Urban Study
Report Number
88879
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Middle East and North Africa,
Region
Middle East and North Africa,
Disclosure Date
2014/07/16
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Jobs or privileges : unleashing the employment potential of the Middle East and North Africa
Keywords
Private Sector Growth

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Diwan,Ishac; Doemeland,Doerte; Hussain,Sahar Sajjad; Al Kadi,Dalia; Keefer,Philip E.; Rijkers,Bob; Sahnoun,Hania; Schiffbauer,Marc Tobias; Sy,Abdoulaye.

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/791831468059652277

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