The authors examine the impact of public infrastructure on private capital formation in three countries of the Middle East and North Africa-Egypt, Jordan, and Tunisia. They highlight various channels through which public infrastructure may affect private investment. Then they describe their...

Agenor, Nabli, Yousef, and Jensen study the impact of labor market policies on growth and unemployment in labor-exporting countries in the Middle East and North Africa. Their analysis is based on a framework that captures many of the main features of the labor market in these countries. The...

Several reports published at the turn of the new century emphasized the looming employment crisis facing the Middle East and North Africa Region (MENA). These studies described an unprecedented job creation challenge facing the region which requires average annual economic growth rates of 6 to 8...