Public Wage Bills in the Middle East and Central Asia
January 9, 2018
Disclaimer: The views expressed herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the views of the IMF, its Executive Board, or IMF management.
Summary
Analysis of policies for managing public sector wage bills in the Middle East and Central Asia region. While some work has been done recently at the Fund on issues related to government employment and compensation, to our knowledge, this is the first study to systematically examine, with a focus on the Middle East and Central Asia region, the recent trends and drivers of public wage bills in the region and to identify key policy implications.
Subject: Employment, Expenditure, Government wage bill, Labor, Public employment, Public sector wages, Wages
Keywords: bill growth, bill policy, bill reform, Central Asia and the Caucasus, data coverage, DP, DPPP, East Africa, Employment, General government wage, Government wage bill, Middle East, Middle East and Central Asia, North Africa, private sector, Public employment, Public sector wages, wage bill, Wages
Pages:
95
Volume:
2018
DOI:
Issue:
001
Series:
Departmental Paper No. 2018/001
Stock No:
PWBMECAEA
ISBN:
9781484336731
ISSN:
2616-5333




