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Imagining a Skills Policy for the GCC

In order to keep up with the workforce needs of the time, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) nations need an interdisciplinary skills policy to mobilize and deploy skills throughout the ecosystem. The skills policy needs to be interdisciplinary in terms of covering requirements, activities, responsibilities and professional tools shared by varied stakeholders, public sector agencies, the private sector, academia and small businesses. The challenges of a pragmatic skills policy for the requirements of the GCC can only evolve through several...

Is Digital Labor Contributing to Creation of Gig Economy in GCC?

The labor market is undergoing a perceptible shift from one that is characterized by stable or permanent employment to what is called a “gig economy” (BMO Wealth Management). The gig economy is one that is defined by temporary (or contracted) employment, wherein an on-demand and freelance (or contingent) workforce is the prominent working model. In the recent years, digital technology advancements and rampant economic changes (including demographic shifts) has overhauled the ‘business as usual’ status. The emergence of the gig...