Social Protection

Am I the Native Under Your Magnifier? I Need a Job, Not a Dissection!

Amina Semlali | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: North Africa, Skills Development, Youth Unemployment, Middle East, World Bank, Social Protection, Mena, World News
Amina Semlali

Youth in the Middle East and North Africa need to succeed in a "double transition": first, they need to obtain relevant skills and credentials that make them employable, and second, they have to find a job in a notoriously non-meritocratic labor market.

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Subsidies -- Love Them or Hate Them, It's Better to Target Them

Masood Ahmed | Posted 07.11.2011

Read More: Public Finances, Cost-Effective, Cash Transfers, Subsidy Reform, Social Safety Nets, Food Price Subsidy, Commodity Prices, Fuel Price Subsidy, Public Sector Governance, Better Targeting Subsidies, Protecting the Poor, Regional Economic Outlook: Middle East and Central Asia, Social Protection, Business News
Masood Ahmed

Like many things, there may be a time and a place for using subsidies. But they need to be better targeted. And, often, there will be better alternatives. Alternatives that do a better job of protecting the poor.

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Latin America: Making the Good Times Better

Dominique Strauss-Kahn | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Uruguay, Equality, Public Debt, Financial Risk, International Reserves, Prudential Tools, Monetary Policy, Overheating, Brazil, Social Protection, Growth Strategy, Fiscal Policy, Macroeconomic Stimulus, External Risks, Commodity Prices, Fiscal Space, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Inflationary Pressures, Poverty Reduction, Panama, Financial Stability, Exchange Rate Flexibility, Macroprudential Regulations, Business News
Dominique Strauss-Kahn

Latin America has enjoyed tremendous economic dynamism and a rising quality of life in recent years. But, faced with new challenges, the question is: how best to sustain this progress?

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Unleashing Growth Potential in the Middle East

Masood Ahmed | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Transparency, Competition, Unemployment, Governance, Middle East, Long-Term Unemployment, Social Safety Nets, Growth Potential, Jobs, Job-Creating Growth, Youth Unemployment, Social Protection, Business News
Masood Ahmed

Recent popular protests in the Middle East and North Africa region, although likely to have a negative economic impact in the short run, might actually help to unleash the countries' long-term growth potential.

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The Day After Tomorrow: The Final Battle in the War Against Poverty

Otaviano Canuto | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jobs, World Economy, Poverty, Economy, Social Protection, Economic Development, World News
Otaviano Canuto

The Day After Tomorrow: The Final Battle in the War Against Poverty Authored by Otaviano Canuto and Marcelo Giugale* This is the third in a series o...

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More than 18 Million Jobs Needed!

Masood Ahmed | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Skills, Tunisia, Morocco, Training, Business Environment, Labor Regulations, Public Sector Hiring Practices, Lebanon, Social Protection, Competition, Labor Force, Education, Unemployment, Promote Growth, Oil-Importing Countries, Unemployment Insurance, Regional Economic Outlook: Middle East and North Africa, Youth Unemployment, Business News
Masood Ahmed

For the six oil-importing countries in the Middle East and North Africa region--Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Syria, and Tunisia--high unemployment...

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Lessons From the MDGs

Jamie Holmes | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: U.N. Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Mdgs, Global Poverty, Poverty, Development, Social Protection, MDG Summit, World News
Jamie Holmes

Social Protection strategies are not a magic bullet for global development. But they may be a necessary condition.

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The Priority of Growth and Jobs -- the IMF's Dialogue With the Unions

Dominique Strauss-Kahn | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Economic Cooperation, Fiscal Consolidation, Financial Transactions Tax, Economic Nationalism, Social Conditionality, Debt Sustainability, Labor Movement, International Trade Unions, Exchange Rate Flexibility, Social Protection, Business News
Dominique Strauss-Kahn

While the IMF and the labor movement might have some differing views, our goals are ultimately the same -- standing against narrow domestic interests, against nationalism, against war. And standing for better living standards for all, and for peace.

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