MENA Human Development : Overview

EDUCATION
Improving education systems is an important component of the World Bank’s strategy to promote knowledge-based economic development and to facilitate the social and economic transition of MENA countries. MNSHD has responded to diverse and changing needs through knowledge transfer and lending.

 MENA Education Brief

HEALTH
While the MENA region has made significant improvements in health outcomes, particularly through reduction in mortality rates among infants and children, it faces new challenges and risks that could its achievements to date.   Substantial risks of cost escalation in the health sector exist due to these epidemiologic changes, rapidly changing technologies in the global market, and move towards market liberalization in the MENA region.

 MENA Health Brief

SOCIAL PROTECTION
All countries in the region have put in place comprehensive public social protection systems that combine labor market programs, social insurance programs, and social assistance programs. The goal of these programs is to assist individuals and families in managing social risks, which can stem from man-made (unemployment, inflation) or natural sources (disease, death, adverse weather).  Social protection interventions help lessen the economic effects of shocks and help promote the accumulation of human capital among the poor and vulnerable. Most social protection systems, however, are facing problems.

 MENA Social Protection Brief