Private Sector Job Creation in MENA : Prioritizing the Reform Agenda /

This paper examines the extent to which firms in selected MENA countries reported being constrained by the business environment around the time of the Arab Spring and the extent to which these constraints affected their employment performance. The results suggest that small firms in MENA faced more...

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Hoofdauteur: Baduel, Benedicte
Andere auteurs: Geginat, Carolin, Pierre, Gaelle
Formaat: Tijdschrift
Taal:English
Gepubliceerd in: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2019.
Reeks:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2019/206
Online toegang:Full text available on IMF
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