Socio-Economic Relations in the Labor Resources Reproduction System of the MENA Region Countries

Abstract

The article is devoted to analysing social and labor relations in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. It is established that geographical and resource factors determine this region's economic profile, which caused an imbalance in the MENA region's socio-economic development. Were analysed the main characteristics of the labor market in MENA countries: employment, unemployment and underemployment; the features of the economically active population; analyse the state of migration and place foreign workers in the labor market. It is concluded that the socio-economic relations in the system of reproduction of labor resources of the MENA region countries are significantly affected by the level of employment, the state of unemployment and migration processes. Empowerment for the development of socio-economic relations of the countries of the Middle East and North Africa can be realised only in conditions of effective state regulation of the economy to achieve maximum economic growth through a policy of accelerated industrialisation, radical agrarian reforms and the mobilisation of underemployed labor resources in these countries.