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Briefing
MENA: Labor Market
Appears in:
Middle East and Africa, Geostrategy, Macroeconomy, Gulf Cooperation Council, Foreign and Domestic Political Risk, Labor Markets and Productivity
Critical Issues
Rising Inequality and Deteriorating Labor Markets Breed Social Unrest?
Nationalization Plans Failing to Reduce Unemployment in the GCC?
MENA Labor Market Challenges
Background:
Across the middle east and north Africa, the large (and young) populations have been growing faster than jobs can be created. Many countries have a significant share of the population unemployed or underemployed. Although the recent boom helped alleviate some of these pressures, decreasing unemployment rates to about 10.5% in 2005 from about 14.3% in 2000, there still tends to be an oversupply and a mismatch between the labor skills demanded by employers and trained by the regions universities. These trends have been accentuated by the financial crisis. Labor force participation rates are generally higher in resource-rich than in resource-poor countries, though public sector employment dominates private sector.
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Associated Readings
Research
Journal of Third World Studies
Fall 2008
An Analysis of the Unemployment in Selected MENA Countries and Turkey
Analysis
The World Bank
2007
MENA Economic Developments and Prospects: Job Creation in an Era of High Growth
Analysis
Daily Star
Dec 02, 2008
Axing of jobs in the Gulf adds to fears about recession hitting Lebanon
News
WSJ
Nov 30, 2008
Layoffs Mount In Dubai Ppty Sector;Nakheel Cuts 500 Jobs
Analysis
Economist
Mar 31, 2008
Labour pains in the Middle East: Inflation and skills shortages threaten the Gulf
News
Financial Times
Dec 01, 2008
Job losses add to deepening Dubai gloom
Analysis
World Bank
Oct 27, 2004
Unlocking the Employment Potential in the Middle East and North Africa: Toward A New Social Contract
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