Gatti, Roberta. <br/><br/>
Jobs for shared prosperity :  time for action in the Middle East and North Africa / 
Roberta Gatti, Matteo Morgandi, Rebekka Grun, Stefanie Brodmann, Diego Angel-Urdinola, Juan Manuel Moreno, Daniela Marotta, Marc Schiffbauer, and Elizabeth Mata Lorenzo. 
 - 1 online resource (pages cm) 
 - World Bank e-Library. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/>Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgment -- Abbreviations -- Main messages -- Executive summary -- Overview -- Labor markets in the Middle East and North Africa : a low-productivity equilibrium -- Inefficient and inequitable labor markets : a low-productivity equilibrium -- Women, youth, and the working poor suffer most from the low productivity equilibrium -- Where are the barriers? -- A long-term view of MENA's economies and labor markets -- The dynamics of the private sector based on privileges rather than competition -- An institutional framework that reinforces the status quo -- Unemployable and unemployed : skills gaps and a meritocracy deficit in MENA -- What are possible policy options? -- Aligning incentives to invest, innovate, and generate employment -- Regulatory framework of the labor market : overcoming segmentation -- Education and training systems : realigning incentives for skills that matter and making employability count -- The road ahead -- The political economy of inclusion -- Appendix: Main data sources. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780821397190 (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2012047957 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Labor market--History--Africa, North--21st century.<br/>Labor market--History--Middle East--21st century.<br/>Manpower policy--Africa, North.<br/>Manpower policy--Middle East.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Africa, North--Economic conditions--21st century.<br/>Middle East--Economic conditions--21st century.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HC415.15  / .G38 2013 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>331.10956