The Social Effects of Economic Adjustment on Arab Countries /

The papers presented in this volume edited by Taher H. Kanaan - the eighth in a series of seminars sponsored by the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development, the Arab Monetary Fund, the IMF, and the World Bank - explore the relationship between economic reforms, growth, employment, and social s...

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Main Author:	Kanaan, Taher Hamdi
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1997
Series:	IMF eLibrary
Subjects:	Act of privatization Adjustment process Adult illiteracy Adult literacy Aggregate demand Agricultural labor force Analytical issues Average incomes Balance of payments Bargaining Basic needs Basic skills Basic social services Budgetary expenditures Candidates for privatization Cash transfer Cash transfers Casual employment Changes in indicators Changes in poverty Charities Child survival Classroom instruction Completion rates Computable general equilibrium model Computable general equilibrium Conditions of employment Consequence of privatization Consequences of privatization Consumer subsidies Consumer subsidy Counseling Creating employment opportunities Cultural values Current account deficit Curricula Data limitations Decline in unemployment Demand for education Demand for labor Denationalization Dependency Dependents Deregulation Disability Disabled persons Disabled Disguised unemployment Disproportionate burden Distribution of income Distributional effects Domestic aggregate demand Domestic competitors Domestic goods Domestic industries Domestic market Domestic production Economic liberalization Economic transformation Education expenditures Education sector Education services Effect of privatization Effect on employment Effects of privatization Effects of unemployment Elderly Eligibility criteria Employment adjustment Employment assistance Employment conditions Employment contracts Employment dynamics Employment effect Employment effects Employment fund Employment generation Employment growth Employment levels Employment opportunities Employment opportunity Employment policies Employment policy Employment practices Employment problems Employment program Employment protection Employment raises Employment reduction Employment relations Employment security Employment share Employment situation Employment status Employment Enrollment rate Enrollment rates Enrollment ratio Enterprise restructuring Enterprise sector Entitlement Equal employment opportunities Equal employment Equal opportunity Equilibrium model Expenditure data Expenditure level Expenditure levels Expenditure Expenditures on health Expenditures Export markets External debt External financing Extracurricular activities Family allowances Family assistance Female education Female illiteracy Female labor force participation Female labor force Female teachers Fiscal deficit Fiscal policy Food subsidies Foreign participation in privatization Foreign trade Form of divestiture Form of privatization Forms of employment Full employment General equilibrium model Girls participation Government employment Gross enrollment ratio Gross enrollment Growing unemployment Growth of employment Handicapped Health expenditure Health expenditures Health subsidies Hidden unemployment High unemployment rate High unemployment rates High unemployment Impact of privatization on employment Impact of privatization Impact of reforms Implementation of privatization Import tariffs Importing countries Improving primary education Income distribution Income groups Income maintenance Increased openness Increasing unemployment Industrial employment Information technologies Instructional materials Job creation Job search Job training Labor demand Labor force participation rates Labor force participation Labor migration Labor retrenchment Learning materials Learning opportunities Living conditions Living standards Long-term unemployment Mass privatization Mass unemployment Military expenditures Minimum income Negotiations New employment opportunities Nongovernmental organizations Nontariff barriers Numeracy Objective of privatization Oil prices Old age Open unemployment Opposition to privatization Overemployment Ownership rights Participation rates Per capita growth rate Per capita income Permanent employment Political economy Poverty alleviation Poverty line Price subsidies Price subsidy Primary education Primary enrollment rate Primary enrollment rates Primary enrollment Primary school enrollment Primary school Primary schools Private employment Private monopoly Private ownership Private schools Private sector development Private sector investment Private sector involvement Private sector privatization Privatization activities Privatization by region Privatization efforts Privatization exercise Privatization experience Privatization experiences Privatization forms Privatization law Privatization measures Privatization of enterprises Privatization of infrastructure Privatization of public enterprises Privatization of state Privatization of state-owned enterprises Privatization of telecommunications Privatization on employment Privatization package Privatization plan Privatization policy Privatization privatization Privatization process Privatization program Privatization programs Privatization project Privatization projects Privatization revenues Privatization sales Privatization scheme Privatization schemes Privatization strategy Privatization Privatizations Process of privatization Producer subsidy Productive employment opportunities Productive employment Productive labor force Public employment Public enterprise sector Public expenditure Public expenditures Public sector employment Public sector reform Public spending levels Public spending Public subsidies Pupil-teacher ratio Rate of unemployment Rates of unemployment Reduction in employment Reductions in employment Reform efforts Reform program Reform programs Regular employment Result of privatization Retraining Rising unemployment rates Rising unemployment Safety net programs Safety net Safety nets School enrollment School supplies Sector privatization Security of employment Severance Skilled labor force Skilled labor Social assistance program Social assistance programs Social assistance Social expenditures Social insurance benefits Social insurance contributions Social insurance fund Social insurance system Social insurance Social problem Social problems Social programs Social projects Social protection mechanisms Social protection programs Social protection system Social protection Social safety net programs Social safety net Social safety nets Social security schemes Social security system Social security systems Social security Social services Social transfers Social welfare Stable employment State-owned enterprises Statistical correlations Structural unemployment Structure of employment Subsidies Subsidizing Subsidy Successful privatization Teacher training Temporary employment opportunities Temporary employment program Temporary employment Termination of employment Terms of employment Total employment Total expenditure Total expenditures Total labor force Trade liberalization Trade union movements Trade union Transfer benefits Types of privatization Underemployment Unemployed females Unemployed labor Unemployed males Unemployed participants Unemployed people Unemployed persons Unemployed population Unemployed workers Unemployed youth Unemployed Unemployment assistance Unemployment benefits Unemployment compensation Unemployment insurance fund Unemployment insurance Unemployment levels Unemployment problem Unemployment problems Unemployment rate Unemployment rates Unemployment statistics Unemployment Universal education Universal literacy Universal primary enrollment Victims Vocational training Voucher privatization Vulnerable groups Wave of privatization Weighted tariff Welfare benefits Welfare consequences Welfare gains Welfare programs Welfare state Welfare system Wheat subsidy Youth employment Algeria Egypt Iran, Islamic Republic of Jordan