Public Wage Bills in the Middle East and Central Asia

Author: Ms. Natalia T. Tamirisa and Mr. Christoph Duenwald

The Middle East and Central Asia is facing daunting economic development challenges, and a part of the solution is to reform large public wage bills.

Volume/Issue: Volume 2018 Issue 001

Publication date: January 2018

ISBN: 9781484336731

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Labor , Public Finance , DPPP , DP , wage bill , bill reform , private sector , bill policy , bill growth , General government wage , data coverage , Government wage bill , Public employment , Wages , Employment , Public sector wages , Middle East , North Africa , Central Asia and the Caucasus , East Africa , Middle East and Central Asia

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Summary

Analysis of policies for managing public sector wage bills in the Middle East and Central Asia region. While some work has been done recently at the Fund on issues related to government employment and compensation, to our knowledge, this is the first study to systematically examine, with a focus on the Middle East and Central Asia region, the recent trends and drivers of public wage bills in the region and to identify key policy implications.