From Privilege to Competition : Unlocking Private-Led Growth in the Middle East and North Africa

The report starts with an introductory chapter that sets the stage for the issues and provides a short historical background on the development of the private sector in Middle East and North Africa (MENA), drawing on anecdotes and stories heard from many entrepreneurs and public officials consulted...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Publication
Language:	en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	Competition access to information action plans Availability of Credit Bailouts balance-of-payments crises Bank Credit Banking Sector Banking Systems barriers to competition barriers to entry beneficiaries beneficiary budget constraints Business Associations business entry Business Environment business information business leaders Business Manager business managers business regulations Businesses capital requirements CD central bank checks checks and balances client countries Collateral Communications Development competitiveness conflicts of interest conflicts of interests Copyright Copyright Clearance Copyright Clearance Center corporate governance Corporation country to country CPI Credibility Credit Constraints Credit Information Credit Market Credit Markets Credit Rationing Creditors customs data analysis data availability data coverage decision making decision-making institutions Demand for Credit democracies developing country Development Bank e-government E-mail economic activities economic activity Economic Cooperation economic crisis Economic development economic growth economic integration economic policies employment creation enterprise sector Enterprise Surveys entry barriers entry requirements exchange rate exchange rate regimes Export Growth Export Markets exporters Finance Corporation Financial Crisis financial management financial sector Financial Statements foreign competition Foreign Direct Investment Foreign investment Foreign Ownership Foreign Ownership of Banks GDP general public global economic prospects global economy good governance government policies Government Subsidies gross domestic product growth rates Growth Strategies growth strategy holding human capital id identification number incumbent industrial development information flows innovation innovations inspection Inspections institution International Bank International comparisons International Finance international standard Investment Bank Investment Climate investment decisions Investment Rates investors confidence job creation labor force labor markets Labor Productivity lack of credibility lan level playing field liberalization licenses local investors local markets macroeconomic management macroeconomic policies macroeconomic stability Manufacturing material Medium Enterprise menu microenterprises minimum capital requirements Monetary Fund multinational corporations New Products Nonperforming Loans NPL Oil oil boom oil prices One-Stop Shop one-stop shops ownership structure photo policy decisions policy makers Political Economy portfolios private entities Private Investment private investors private markets private sector private sector development Private Sector Growth private sector participation privatization privatizations procurement property rights public administration public administrations public bank public banks public expenditures public governance public investment public policies Public Sector public spending quality of service quality standards queries real estate regulators regulatory agencies Regulatory Barriers regulatory capacity regulatory environment regulatory frameworks regulatory oversight repo Republic Resource allocation results Return returns search separation of powers sla small businesses social development social protection state capture state enterprises State Intervention state policies Supervision targets Tax tax exemptions tax obligations tax reform telecommunications Telephone Trade policy transition countries Transparency unemployment uses volatility Wan World Development Indicators World Trade
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13524