Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) - Labor Market Reforms to Boost Employment and Productivity in the GCC

November 13, 2013

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Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) - Labor Market Reforms to Boost Employment and Productivity in the GCC , (USA: International Monetary Fund, 0) accessed December 22, 2024

Also available in: العربية

Summary

The GCC growth model has delivered substantial improvements in living standards over several decades. Access to foreign labor has supported rapid growth in the non-oil sector and price stability in the region. It has also resulted in positive spillovers to the migrant-sending countries through large remittance flows. At the same time, governments have increased public-sector employment and have helped raise standards of living.
However, the growth model has involved costs: the public-sector wage bill is relatively high, there is limited employment of nationals in the private sector, labor productivity has declined or stagnated, and there is limited progress on economic diversification.
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Subject: Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf, Cross country analysis, Global competitiveness, Labor market reforms, Labor productivity, Private sector, Unemployment

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