Labor market dynamics in Libya : reintegration for recovery / World Bank Group.

Since the 2011 uprising that toppled the former regime, Libya has been mired in deep political strife. An economy in which agriculture once flourished was converted wholesale to an oil-based rentier state of the most extreme kind. Following the immediate post-revolution oil-consumption boom, in 2014...

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Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/The World Bank, [2015]
Series:World Bank studies.
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Table of Contents:
  • ""Front Cover ""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Executive Summary""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Chapter 1 Introduction""; ""Objectives of the Study""; ""Notes""; ""Chapter 2 Structure of the Libyan Labor Market""; ""Introduction""; ""Overview of the Labor Force""; ""Where Are the Jobs?""; ""Contracts and Social Insurance Coverage""; ""Wages and Earnings""; ""Who and Where Are the Unemployed?""; ""Conclusions""; ""Notes""; ""Chapter 3 Building Labor Market Institutions and Policies""; ""Introduction""; ""Emerging Supply-Side Actors""; ""Diverse Demand-Side Actors""
  • ""Revisiting Labor Regulations""""Conclusions""; ""Notes""; ""Chapter 4 Profiles and Preferences of Workers: Investing in Job Training""; ""Introduction""; ""Employment Preferences""; ""Skills""; ""Job Search""; ""Typology of Job Seeker Profiles""; ""Conclusions""; ""Notes""; ""Chapter 5 Perspectives of Firms: Investing in the Business Climate""; ""Introduction""; ""Growth and Employment""; ""Hiring Practices for National and Foreign Workers""; ""Contracts""; ""Skills and Training""; ""Labor Regulations""; ""Conclusions""; ""Notes""
  • ""Chapter 6 Policy Implications: Emerging Opportunities during Transition""""Summary of Findings and Key Challenges""; ""Framework for a Comprehensive Jobs Strategy""; ""Conclusions""; ""Notes""; ""Appendix A Rapid Labor Market Assessment Methodology""; ""Objectives""; ""Labor Supply Assessment""; ""Labor Demand Assessment""; ""Challenges""; ""Appendix B Rapid Labor Market Assessment Questionnaire Design""; ""Appendix C Operational Framework for a Public-Private Job Training and Placement System""; ""Boxes ""; ""4.1 Design of Rapid Labor Market Assessment of Libya's Supply Side, 2012""
  • ""4.2 Future Directions for Assessing Employment Skills""""4.3 Methodology for Developing Job Seeker Profiles""; ""5.1 Design of Rapid Labor Market Assessment of the Demand Side""; ""6.1 Weathering Crises through Work in East Asia and Pacific""; ""6.2 Effects of Job Training and Placement in Mexico""; ""6.3 Jobs and Reintegration in Bosnia and Herzegovina""; ""6.4 Local Public-Private Partnerships in Libya""; ""Figures""; ""ES.1 Unemployment Rate in Libya""; ""ES.2 Policy Pathway to Jobs and Reintegration for Libya""; ""1.1 Framework for Jobs and Reintegration in Fragile Contexts""
  • ""2.1 Libya's Labor Force by Age and Gender""""2.2 Labor Force by Educational Level and Age""; ""2.3 Labor Force by Educational Level: International Comparisons""; ""2.4 Labor Force Participation Rate, 2012""; ""2.5 Job Seekers Registered with WAC by Preconflict Employment Status, 2012""; ""2.6 Libya's Labor Force by Occupation""; ""2.7 Libya's Occupational Distribution by Gender""; ""2.8 Distribution of Employment by Economic Sector""; ""2.9 Distribution of Employment in Key Sectors: International Comparisons, 2""; ""2.10 Type of Employment Contract by Sector and Age""