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EMPLOYMENT POLICY REFORMS AND LABOUR MARKET FUNCTIONING IN THE MEDA PAGE \# Página: # PAGE \# Página: # I was confused by references to the ‘broader’ Mediterranean region, when the report refers to a limited number of Med countries, all part of MEDA. Therefore, I have referred to MEDA whenever these few countries are referred to. November 2006 CONTENTS Preface Executive Summary Chapter 1. Labour market indicators: a review 1.1. Data sources 1.2. Key labour market variables 1.3. Concluding remarks Chapter 2. Education investment, employment and economic performance 2.1. Investment in human capital 2.2. Education investment returns 2.3. The transition from school to work 2.4. Concluding remarks Chapter 3. Labour mobility and segmentation 3.1. Which sectors are growing? 3.2. The informal sector 3.3. Sectoral mobility: the case of Egypt 3.4. International migration 3.5. Concluding remarks Chapter 4. Labour market institutions and employment policy 4.1. Policy formulation institutions 4.2. Social partnerships 4.3. Labour legislation 4.4. Active labour market policies 4.5. Vocational education and training 4.6. Concluding remarks Chapter 5. Ways forward to labour market reform PREFACE Bilateral, multilateral and regional cooperation between the European Union (EU) and partner countries in the southern and eastern Mediterranean PAGE \# Página: # Ditto.region has been intensified since the Barcelona Process was launched in 1995. Strengthened development cooperation through the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership (MEDA) programme, gradual adoption of sector-wide support programmes, and the new European Neighbourhood Policy have provided both a framework for greater cooperation and a new perspective on integration with the EU internal market. This new agenda will improve human capital integration as well as pose new challenges in terms of employment and human resource development policies for the southern Mediterranean countries. To obtain a better understanding of