Directions in development : : infrastructure and employment creation in the Middle East and North Africa / / Antonio Estache ... [and others]

• Pubblicazione: Washington D.C. : , : World Bank, , [2012]; copyright 2012
• Descrizione fisica: pages cm
• Disciplina: 338.956
• Soggetto topico: Infrastructure (Economics) - Middle East; Infrastructure (Economics) - Africa, North; Labor supply - Middle East; Labor supply - Africa, North
• Altri autori: EstacheAntonio
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Abbreviations; Overview; Figures; O.1 Infrastructure Needs and Financing; O.2 Cost of a Direct Job in Roads and Bridge Construction Relative to Other Sectors in 2009; Tables; O.1 Infrastructure-Related Short-Term Job Creation; O.3 Shares of Unemployed by Education Level in Selected MENA Economies; Chapter 1 Introduction; Background Information; 1.1 Public Gross Fixed Capital Formation; 1.2 Sectors' Contribution to Annual Employment Growth in the 2000's; Scope and Structure of the Study; 1.3 Fiscal Space Indicators ; Definitions and Key Concepts 1.1 MENA Classification; References; Chapter 2 The State of Employment and Infrastructure and Future Needs; Employment Challenges; 2.1 Employment and the Size of the Labor Force in MENA; Infrastructure Endowments and Future Needs; 2.1 Labor Force Levels in MENA, 2009; 2.2 Infrastructure Endowments in the Developing World; 2.3 Infrastructure Endowments in MENA by Country Grouping; 2.4 Unit Costs of Infrastructure by Sector; 2.5 Roads Maintenance and Rehabilitation Program; 2.6 Annual Expenditure Needs for Infrastructure in the MENA Region ; 2.2 Composition of Infrastructure Expenditure Needs by Group of Countries 2.7 Annual Infrastructure Investment and Maintenance Needs in MENA by Type of Investment as Percent of GDP; 2.8 Expenditure Needs for Water and Sanitation in Urban and Rural Areas; Potential of Infrastructure Investment in Boosting Employment; 2.9 Access Shortfall Compared to MDG Linear Path Achievement; 2.10 Employment Shares of Infrastructure and Construction Sectors; 2.11 Infrastructure Jobs by Sector in MENA; 2.3 Shares of Infrastructure and Construction Jobs in Total Employment in MENA ; Annex 2A: Econometric Models for Infrastructure Needs Annex 2B: Data Sources and Descriptions Used for Model of Investment Requirements; Annex 2C: Data Imputations; Notes; 2C.1 Imputation of Average Investment as Percent of GDP When Data Were Not Available; References; Chapter 3 Short-Run Employment Effects of Infrastructure Investment; Techniques for Estimating the Cost of a Job and the Employment Generated by Investment in Infrastructure; Hybrid Approaches to Estimating the Short-Term Employment Effects of Infrastructure Investment; Boxes ; 3.1 Pros and Cons of Input-Output Table Use for Generating Employment Estimates 3.1 Regression of Semiskilled Hourly Construction Wage on GDP per Capita; Estimating the Cost of Creating Jobs in Oil Importing MENA Countries; 3.2 Construction Sector Hourly Wages in the Arab Republic of Egypt, January 2009; 3.3 Sector Coverage Provided by Various Input-Output Tables; 3.4 Cost of Creating a Job in Selected Infrastructure Sectors in the Arab Republic of Egypt, 2009; 3.5 Cost of Creating Infrastructure-Related Jobs by Country; 3.6 Estimated Costs of a Type II Job in Six MENA OICs, 2009 ; 3.7 Estimated Costs of a Direct Job in Six MENA OICs, 2009
• Sommario/riassunto: This study assesses the potential for job creation through infrastructure investment in the Middle East and North Africa. The region has experience in making the most of infrastructure investments, but maintaining and spreading the momentum in infrastructure will be important to support future growth and job creation. To do so, policymakers will have to recognize that there are large differences in initial conditions across the region in terms of starting stock, needs, fiscal commitments, private sector participation and job creation potential. Overall, the region's infrastructure needs through
• Titolo autorizzato: Directions in development
• ISBN: 0-8213-9666-8; 1-299-19249-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910826710203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: World Bank e-Library.