This timely volume describes and analyzes critical aspects of the labor market and social protection in the Arab world‎.‎ Its authors address the complex interrelationship that has evolved between labor‎,‎ human development‎,‎ and‎,‎ above all‎,‎ social well‎-being in the Middle East and North Africa region ‎-‎- an interaction that is viewed against the backdrop of a globalization process that is a crucial shaping factor in national and international relations alike‎.‎ The authors examine in detail the implications for workers of the new forms of insecurity being ushered in by the globalization era‎.‎ At the forefront is the issue of social protection‎,‎ which of itself creates a number of dilemmas for policymakers‎,‎ since formal social security gives cover to only a small percentage of the labor force‎.‎ The idea of social reinsurance‎,‎ which would integrate the informal sector and allow for social dialog‎,‎ emerges at various levels‎,‎ and there is general agreement that any such dialog‎,‎ or new social contract‎,‎ must include government‎,‎ the private sector‎,‎ and civil society‎.‎ This b‎.‎‎.‎‎.‎