Documents & Reports
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Jobs or privileges : unleashing the employment potential of the Middle East and North Africa (Arabic)
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...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 92767 Document Date: January 1, 2015 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Schiffbauer,Marc Tobias,Sy,Abdoulaye,Hussain,Sahar Sajjad,Sahnoun,Hania,Keefer,Philip E.
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Jobs or privileges : unleashing the employment potential of the Middle East and North Africa : Emplois ou privilèges : libérer le potentiel de création d’emplois au Moyen-Orient et en Afrique du Nord (French)
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...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 92767 Document Date: January 1, 2015 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Schiffbauer,Marc Tobias,Sy,Abdoulaye,Hussain,Sahar Sajjad,Sahnoun,Hania,Keefer,Philip E.
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Jobs or privileges : unleashing the employment potential of the Middle East and North Africa (English)
This report for the Middle East and North Africa shows that policies that lower competition and create an uneven playing field are common and constrain private sector job creation. These policies take...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 92870 Document Date: November 16, 2014 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Hussain,Sahar Sajjad,Keefer,Philip E.,Sahnoun,Hania,Schiffbauer,Marc Tobias,Sy,Abdoulaye
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Distorted dynamics : the impact of policies on firm dynamics and job creation (Vol. 3 of 5) (English)
In MENA, 50 percent of surveyed firms regard regulatory policy uncertainty as an obstacle and 35 percent as a "severe" or "major" obstacle to their firms' growth. Regulatory uncertainty is perceived as...
Report No.: 91704 Document Date: July 1, 2014 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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Avoiding the pitfalls of industrial policy : building open and effective institutions for private sector development and jobs (Arabic)
Economic policies in MENA have often been captured by a few politically connected firms and such capture has undermined private sector growth and job creation. However the prominence of politically connected...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 91705 Document Date: July 1, 2014 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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Privileges instead of jobs : politically connected firms receive generous policy privileges undermining competition and job creation (Arabic)
Policies in MENA countries often limit competition and job creation by constraining firm startup and productivity growth. Policies have often been captured by a handful of politically connected firms...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 91706 Document Date: July 1, 2014 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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Privileges instead of jobs : politically connected firms receive generous policy privileges undermining competition and job creation (English)
Policies in MENA countries often limit competition and job creation by constraining firm startup and productivity growth. Policies have often been captured by a handful of politically connected firms...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 91706 Document Date: July 1, 2014 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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Avoiding the pitfalls of industrial policy : building open and effective institutions for private sector development and jobs (English)
Economic policies in MENA have often been captured by a few politically connected firms and such capture has undermined private sector growth and job creation. However the prominence of politically connected...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 91705 Document Date: July 1, 2014 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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Distorted dynamics : the impact of policies on firm dynamics and job creation (Vol. 3 of 5) (Arabic)
In MENA, 50 percent of surveyed firms regard regulatory policy uncertainty as an obstacle and 35 percent as a "severe" or "major" obstacle to their firms' growth. Regulatory uncertainty is perceived as...
Report No.: 91704 Document Date: July 1, 2014 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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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...
Document Type: Other Urban Study Report No.: 88879 Document Date: June 1, 2014 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Diwan,Ishac,Doemeland,Doerte,Hussain,Sahar Sajjad,Al Kadi,Dalia,Keefer,Philip E.,Rijkers,Bob,Sahnoun,Hania,Schiffbauer,Marc Tobias,Sy,Abdoulaye
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Jobs or privileges : unleashing the employment potential of the Middle East and North Africa (Arabic)
The Middle East and North Africa region faces high unemployment or jobs in low-productivity activities often in the informal economy. The private sector has not generated enough jobs as polices that restrict...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 91702 Document Date: January 1, 2014 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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Startups and innovations wanted : private sector growth and job creation (Arabic)
Most workers are employed in micro firms representing low-productivity, subsistence activities. The private sector has been characterized by low firm turnover – firm entry and exit – and slow productivity...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 91703 Document Date: January 1, 2014 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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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...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 92767 Document Date: January 1, 2014 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Schiffbauer,Marc Tobias,Sy,Abdoulaye,Hussain,Sahar Sajjad,Sahnoun,Hania,Keefer,Philip E.
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Jobs or privileges : unleashing the employment potential of the Middle East and North Africa (English)
The Middle East and North Africa region faces high unemployment or jobs in low-productivity activities often in the informal economy. The private sector has not generated enough jobs as polices that restrict...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 91702 Document Date: January 1, 2014 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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Startups and innovations wanted : private sector growth and job creation (English)
Most workers are employed in micro firms representing low-productivity, subsistence activities. The private sector has been characterized by low firm turnover – firm entry and exit – and slow productivity...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 91703 Document Date: January 1, 2014 Disclosure Status: Disclosed