Building Effective Employment Programs for Unemployed Youth in the Middle East and North Africa

Angel-Urdinola, Diego F. ; Kuddo, Arvo ; Semlali, Amina

Washington, DC:World Bank

关键词: ACCOUNTABILITY;    ACCREDITATION;    ACCREDITATION MECHANISMS;    ACTIVE EMPLOYMENT;    ACTIVE LABOR;   

DOI  :  10.1596/978-0-8213-9904-0
RP-ID  :  79262

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

This study surveys active labor marketprograms (ALMPs) in selected countries of the Middle Eastand North Africa (MENA) region, identifies key challenges totheir effective and efficient delivery, and proposes apolicy framework for reforming public service provision.This study draws on data collected through surveysadministered to public social, employment, and educationagencies in selected MENA countries to identify keyconstraints and options for reforming publicly providedemployment programs. Recent political transitions arisingfrom the Arab Spring have contributed to the deteriorationof labor market outcomes in the MENA region. In thiscontext, ALMPs could become an important policy lever toaddress some of the challenges facing labor markets. Theseinclude: joblessness, skills mismatches, lack of labormarket mobility, large and expanding informal sector, andlack of formal employment networks. The study also providesspecific details on the beneficiaries, targeting, andexpenditures of ALMPs during this same period.