Dear Colleague,
The Middle East and North Africa Programme at Chatham House has published the following paper:
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Oman's over-reliance on hydrocarbon revenue and foreign labour continues to challenge labour-market reform and private-sector development. This paper examines the conditions that make a national addiction to foreign labour particularly difficult to overcome, and assesses its overall impact on citizenship and the economy. |  | | | Oman's economy confronts relatively high levels of unemployment, especially among young Omanis, while demand for non-national labour has never been greater. | |
| | The recycling of hydrocarbon windfall into social benefits over the past four decades of petro-development has created an oil society rather than just an oil economy. | |
| | Employment policy changes over the last three years have consisted of ad hoc responses to social agitation, with the overall strategy giving way to tactical manoeuvring. Alongside reversing incentives for structural reform, many of the policies since 2011 have further entrenched the state's position as the country's primary employer. These short-term solutions will have long-run repercussions. | |
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Kind Regards,
Jane Kinninmont
Deputy Head and Senior Research Fellow
Middle East and North Africa Programme, Chatham House
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