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Creating Employment in the Middle East and North Africa

By E. H. Gardner

September 5, 2003

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E. H. Gardner Creating Employment in the Middle East and North Africa, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2003) accessed September 19, 2024

Summary

The population of the Middle East and North Africa is one of the fastest growing in the world, but jobs have not grown as fast as the region’s workforce. This paper addresses questions such as"Can current GDP growth generate more employment, or will higher GDP growth be required?"and "Will the current pattern of job creation-with much of the region’s workforce employed by the public sector-need to change?"

Subject: Employment, Job creation, Labor, Labor force, Labor markets, Public employment

Keywords: Country, East Africa, Employment, Employment deficit, Employment needs, Job creation, Job growth, Job picture, Labor force, Labor market rigidity, Labor market survey, Labor markets, Labor productivity growth, Labor productivity growth, Low-employment content, Middle East, MISC PUBS, Misc., North Africa, Participation rate, Productivity, Productivity gain, Pro-employment scheme, Public employment, Targeted labor market reform, Unemployment rate

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    17

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  • Series:

    Pamphlet Series, No.

  • Stock No:

    CEMEEA

  • ISBN:

    9781589062320

  • ISSN:

    0538-8759