Nationalization Of Gulf Labour Markets

Author : Ashraf Mishrif,Magdalena Karolak,Cameron Mirza
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2023-05-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789811980725

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Nationalization of Gulf Labour Markets by Ashraf Mishrif,Magdalena Karolak,Cameron Mirza Pdf

This book addresses critical aspects of the nationalization of labour markets in the Gulf countries. It examines the role of higher education institutions in providing the market with the right skills that are most needed in the era of the fourth industrial revolution (industry 4.0). The book also explores the new dynamics of technology and information systems in upgrading the skills, changing the work environment, and generating employment for the youth in the Gulf countries. The holistic approach of the subject area makes this volume indispensable to academics, researchers, students, and policy makers in the Gulf region and beyond. The book covers a broad range of topics including the nationalization of labour market programmes such as Emiratization and Saudization, attitudes toward women in workplace, the role of high-tech firms in upskilling and enhancing the productivity of workforce, while also providing sector-specific investigations in healthcare, banking, finance, tourism, and hospitality. The analysis is based on original research and primary data collected by a group of scholars from 15 countries and presented in an illustrative, accessible, and concise manner.

Author : Elizabeth Ruppert
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Alien labor
ISBN : UCSD:31822026226605

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Managing Foreign Labor in Singapore and Malaysia by Elizabeth Ruppert Pdf

Author : Georgia Daleure
Publisher : Springer
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2016-09-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789811027659

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Emiratization in the UAE Labor Market by Georgia Daleure Pdf

This book combines classic and recent studies investigating challenges to Emiratization – full employment of Emirati nationals who make up only about 10% of the total workforce – in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The book offers a comprehensive overview of the events leading to the country’s rapid growth and development, as well as important social and cultural issues arising as the country transitioned from an isolated traditional economy to an open globalized one, and explores the specific challenges of incorporating Emiratis in their own vibrant economy. This topic is of interest to scholars, policymakers, and those considering investing or seeking employment in the UAE since it emerged as a Western-friendly, politically stable, and prospering oil-producing country in a region plagued by political, social, and economic turmoil.

Author : Giacomo Luciani,Steffen Hertog,Eckart Woertz,Richard Youngs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Arabian Gulf States
ISBN : 3940924008

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The Gulf Region by Giacomo Luciani,Steffen Hertog,Eckart Woertz,Richard Youngs Pdf

The four volumes in this major research collection address the key economic issues which affect the future development and diversification of the member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), namely Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, UAE and Oman. The work brings together state-of-the-art analysis by some 40 international scholars who participated in a major joint initiative by the EU and the GCC, the al-Jisr Gulf-Europe Research Program. This collection will prove an essential reference work for policy makers and scholars on all the critical issues facing the Gulf countries as their economies develop beyond dependence on the oil and gas sector and forge new international alliances.

Author : Jarmo T. Kotilaine
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2023-08-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000921762

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Sustainable Prosperity in the Arab Gulf by Jarmo T. Kotilaine Pdf

Tracing the development journey of the Arabian Gulf region with a forward-looking perspective, this book describes how a combination of good fortune, creative experimentation, and determination has enabled the region to achieve prosperity. Today, the Arabian Gulf is well positioned to assume a pivotal role in the new global order. Forced to balance an extreme climate and acute resource constraints, but also an exceptional location, the region’s progress and prosperity have historically been precarious and vulnerable to external shocks. Efforts to transcend resource dependency have typically involved proactive attempts to enable other economic activities. This book argues that, while conventional economic diversification is making headway, the Gulf region is in fact amidst a far more holistic transformation that positions it for a pivotal role in the emerging multipolar global order. It now offers globally competitive regulations and world-class infrastructure at the heart of the Old World, flanked by two fast-growing continents. It has become the hub of choice for a growing share of inter-continental flows of people, trade, and capital, and has established strong economic ties in all directions. This book shows how, despite many risks and challenges, the region possesses the forward-looking vision and necessary resilience that can finally liberate it from its long-standing "resource curse" and a development paradigm that looks likely to provide the foundation for sustained well-being in the decades ahead. The scope and rigor of the book make it suitable as a reference on the Arabian Gulf and for those interested in global affairs and economic development, as well as policymakers and the business community.

Author : Carolyn Barnett
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 43 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2015-11-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781442259058

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Human Capital and the Future of the Gulf by Carolyn Barnett Pdf

Extensive efforts to develop human capital are under way in the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and elsewhere in the Gulf, and they are increasingly setting expectations for how people ought to behave socially and economically that are in tension with how they are expected to behave politically. The tensions created by governments’ conflicting aims can produce frustration, a sense of entitlement, or apathy among young people entering the labor force, each of which poses different potential political challenges for governments. Navigating this tension—or finding ways to create space for genuine innovation and risk taking within that constrained political context—will be among the most important strategic challenges for the region’s leaders and people in the next 10 years.

Author : Mehran Kamrava
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2020-05-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000727098

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The “Resource Curse” in the Persian Gulf by Mehran Kamrava Pdf

The "Resource Curse" in the Persian Gulf systematically address the little studied notion of a "resource curse" in relation to the Persian Gulf by examining the historical causes and genesis of the phenomenon and its consequences in a variety of areas, including human development, infrastructural growth, clientelism, state-building and institutional evolution, and societal and gender relations. The book explores how across the Arabian Peninsula, oil wealth began accruing to the state at a particular juncture in the state-building process, when traditional, largely informal patterns of shaikhly rule were relatively well established, but the formal institutional apparatuses of the state were not yet fully formed. The chapters show that oil wealth had a direct impact on subsequent developments in these two complementary areas. Contributors discuss how on one hand, the distribution of petrodollars enabled political elites to solidify existing patterns of rule through deepening clientelist practices and by establishing new, dependent clients; and how on the other, rent revenues gave state leaders the opportunity to establish and shape institutions in ways that solidified their political control. The "Resource Curse" in the Persian Gulf will be of great interest to scholars of Middle Eastern studies, focusing on a variety of subject areas, including human development, human resources, clientelism, infrastructural growth, institutional evolution, state-building, and societal and gender relations. This book was originally published as a special issue in the Journal of Arabian Studies.

Author : Edward A. Sayre,Tarik M. Yousef
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2016-06-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780190224646

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Young Generation Awakening by Edward A. Sayre,Tarik M. Yousef Pdf

The street protests that erupted in Tunisia in December 2010 and spread quickly throughout the Middle East surprised not only the entrenched dictators of the region but also international observers who collectively had taken for granted the durability of Middle Eastern authoritarianism. Specifically, the Arab Spring uprisings debunked the prevailing notion that youth were disengaged from political life by their economic exclusion and tight regime control of their mobilization. Indeed, the one consistent feature across the uprisings, whether peaceful or violent, was the key role played by young people. What has remained unclear is why youth became the vanguards of the Arab Spring protests and why they have not played a more prominent role in the transitions that followed. To address these questions, the authors in this volume use updated data sets on demography, employment, education, inequality, social media and public sentiment to examine the underlying socioeconomic conditions of young people in the Middle East at the time of the uprisings and offer a mosaic of analytical explanations linking those conditions from 2009-2011 to the revolts of 2010-2012. The findings in the volume confirm the inadequacy of traditional narrow explanations rooted in demographic profiles, economic grievances or political exclusion in accounting for the complex socioeconomic dynamics facing youth and societies at large in the Middle East in the period leading up to the Arab Spring. The contributors emphasize the fundamental institutional rigidities in the region's policy space and evaluate potential approaches to policy reform that can promote youth inclusion and help transform the region's political economies in the post Arab Spring environment of persistent economic volatility, social unrest and political instability.

Author : World Bank
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Employment
ISBN : 082135678X

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Unlocking the Employment Potential in the Middle East and North Africa by World Bank Pdf

Author : Tim Niblock,Rodney Wilson
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015055612991

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The Political Economy of the Middle East: The role of the state by Tim Niblock,Rodney Wilson Pdf

This is the fifth volume in a series on the Middle East. It focuses on the manner in which the character of the state affects economic policies. It also looks at the relationship between the state and society, and assesses administrative structures for economic policies, and policymaking.

Author : Giacomo Luciani,Tom Moerenhout
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2020-09-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789811557286

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When Can Oil Economies Be Deemed Sustainable? by Giacomo Luciani,Tom Moerenhout Pdf

This open access book questions the stereotype depicting all Gulf (GCC) economies as not sustainable, and starts a critical discussion of what these economies and polities should do to guarantee themselves a relatively stable future. Volatile international oil markets and the acceleration of the energy transition has challenged the notion that oil revenues are sufficient to sustain oil economies in the near to medium term. But what is the meaning of economic sustainability? The book discusses the multiple dimensions of the concept: economic diversification, continuing value of resources, taxation and fiscal development, labor market sustainability, sustainable income distribution, environmental sustainability, political order (democracy or authoritarianism) and sustainability, regional integration. The overarching message in this book is that we should move on from the simplistic branding of the Gulf economies as unsustainable and tackle the details of which adaptations they might need to undertake.

Author : William Francis Maloney
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Competition
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Structure of Labor Markets in Developing Countries by William Francis Maloney Pdf

Author : S. Irudaya Rajan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2016-10-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781315443386

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India Migration Report 2016 by S. Irudaya Rajan Pdf

India Migration Report 2016 discusses migration to the Persian Gulf region. This volume: looks at contemporary labour recruitment and policy, both in India and in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries; explores gender issues in migration to Gulf countries; and brings together the latest field data on migrants across states in India. Part of the prestigious annual series, this volume will interest scholars and researchers of economics, development studies, migration and diaspora studies, labour studies, and sociology. It will also be useful to policymakers and government institutions working in the area.

Author : Musa Jega Ibrahim
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2022-09-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781839698811

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Macroeconomic Analysis for Economic Growth by Musa Jega Ibrahim Pdf

The book discusses the essential principles that guide macroeconomic policy formulation and implementation to stimulate strong economic growth for sustainable development, especially for emerging economies. It includes twelve chapters over three sections: “Macroeconomics of Economic Growth”, “Labour Market and Employment”, and “The Financial System and Macroeconomic Performance”. Key conclusions illustrate that the efficacy of regulatory frameworks to create enabling conditions for nurturing and bolstering robust value-adding production structures anchored on appropriate macroeconomic management are the fundamental building blocks of strong economic growth.

Author : Ashraf Mishrif,Yousuf Al Balushi
Publisher : Springer
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2018-01-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789811057861

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Economic Diversification in the Gulf Region, Volume II by Ashraf Mishrif,Yousuf Al Balushi Pdf

This volume explores the challenges to diversification in Gulf countries, which can no longer rely on profits from hydrocarbons to fund national expenditures. It elaborates on the problem of weak institutions, lack of coordination between policy makers and executors, limited investment in research and development, and a workforce that is too poorly skilled to compete in the private sector. In addition to analyzing issues in areas such as education, labor, business, and trade, the contributors underscore the importance of using global best practices to overcome fundamental weaknesses in the Gulf Cooperative Council's economic structure that limit opportunities for economic diversification. This is the second volume in Economic Diversification in the Gulf Region.