MENA Quarterly Economic Brief, July 2014 : Predictions, Perceptions and Economic Reality

This issue of the MENA quarterly brief assesses the macroeconomic performance of seven of the MENA countries: Egypt, Tunisia, Iran, Lebanon, Jordan, Yemen and Libya. All of these countries experienced rapid economic growth during 2000-10, and suffe...

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Main Authors:	Devarajan, Shanta, Mottaghi, Lili
Format:	Brief
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2014
Subjects:	ACCESS TO CREDIT ACCESS TO MARKETS ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTING ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANCE BANK OFFICE BORROWING BUDGET DEFICIT BUDGET DEFICITS CASH TRANSFERS CC CORRUPTION CURRENT PRICES DEBT DEBTS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DOMESTIC BORROWING DOMESTIC DEBT EARNINGS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC RECOVERY ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN EDUCATED WOMEN ELECTRICITY EXOGENOUS SHOCKS EXPENDITURES EXPORT MARKET EXPORTERS EXTERNAL SHOCKS FAMILIES FINANCES FINANCIAL CRISES FINANCIAL CRISIS FISCAL BALANCE FISCAL DEFICIT FISCAL DEFICITS FISCAL DISCIPLINE FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN EXCHANGE GENDER GENDER GAP GLOBAL MARKET GOVERNMENT BUDGETS GOVERNMENT DEBT GOVERNMENT SPENDING HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT RATE HOLDING HOUSEHOLD ENTERPRISES INFLATION INFLATION RATE INFORMAL SECTOR INSURANCE INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL CRISES INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL STATISTICS INTERNATIONAL RESERVES INVESTMENT CLIMATE INVESTOR PROTECTIONS JOB SECURITY JOB STATUS JOBS LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATIONS LABOR MARKETS LABOR SUPPLY LAWS LICENSES LIMITED ACCESS MACROECONOMIC PERFORMANCE MARKET PRICE OIL PRICE OIL PRICES PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR ACTIVITIES PRIVATE SECTOR JOB PRIVATE SECTOR JOBS PRODUCT PRICE PRODUCTIVITY PROTECTION MEASURES PUBLIC PUBLIC DEBT PUBLIC DEBTS PUBLIC FINANCES PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT PUBLIC SECTOR JOB PUBLIC SECTOR JOBS PUBLIC SPENDING RECEIPTS REMITTANCE REMITTANCES SAFETY NETS SAVINGS SKILLED LABOR SOCIAL SAFETY NETS SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL SERVICES STATE OWNED ENTERPRISES STRUCTURAL PROBLEMS TAX TAX SYSTEM TOTAL DEBT TOTAL LABOR FORCE TOTAL UNEMPLOYMENT TRADING TRAFFIC CONGESTION TRAINING PROGRAM TRANSPARENCY TRANSPORT UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT LEVELS UNEMPLOYMENT RATES UNEMPLOYMENT STATISTICS URBAN AREAS VULNERABLE GROUP VULNERABLE PEOPLE WAGE BILL WORKERS YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT RATE YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
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spelling	okr-10986-192832021-04-23T14:03:51Z MENA Quarterly Economic Brief, July 2014 : Predictions, Perceptions and Economic Reality Devarajan, Shanta Mottaghi, Lili ACCESS TO CREDIT ACCESS TO MARKETS ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTING ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANCE BANK OFFICE BORROWING BUDGET DEFICIT BUDGET DEFICITS CASH TRANSFERS CC CORRUPTION CURRENT PRICES DEBT DEBTS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DOMESTIC BORROWING DOMESTIC DEBT EARNINGS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC RECOVERY ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN EDUCATED WOMEN ELECTRICITY EXOGENOUS SHOCKS EXPENDITURES EXPORT MARKET EXPORTERS EXTERNAL SHOCKS FAMILIES FINANCES FINANCIAL CRISES FINANCIAL CRISIS FISCAL BALANCE FISCAL DEFICIT FISCAL DEFICITS FISCAL DISCIPLINE FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN EXCHANGE GENDER GENDER GAP GLOBAL MARKET GOVERNMENT BUDGETS GOVERNMENT DEBT GOVERNMENT SPENDING HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT RATE HOLDING HOUSEHOLD ENTERPRISES INFLATION INFLATION RATE INFORMAL SECTOR INSURANCE INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL CRISES INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL STATISTICS INTERNATIONAL RESERVES INVESTMENT CLIMATE INVESTOR PROTECTIONS JOB SECURITY JOB STATUS JOBS LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATIONS LABOR MARKETS LABOR SUPPLY LAWS LICENSES LIMITED ACCESS MACROECONOMIC PERFORMANCE MARKET PRICE OIL PRICE OIL PRICES PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR ACTIVITIES PRIVATE SECTOR JOB PRIVATE SECTOR JOBS PRODUCT PRICE PRODUCTIVITY PROTECTION MEASURES PUBLIC PUBLIC DEBT PUBLIC DEBTS PUBLIC FINANCES PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT PUBLIC SECTOR JOB PUBLIC SECTOR JOBS PUBLIC SPENDING RECEIPTS REMITTANCE REMITTANCES SAFETY NETS SAVINGS SKILLED LABOR SOCIAL SAFETY NETS SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL SERVICES STATE OWNED ENTERPRISES STRUCTURAL PROBLEMS TAX TAX SYSTEM TOTAL DEBT TOTAL LABOR FORCE TOTAL UNEMPLOYMENT TRADING TRAFFIC CONGESTION TRAINING PROGRAM TRANSPARENCY TRANSPORT UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT LEVELS UNEMPLOYMENT RATES UNEMPLOYMENT STATISTICS URBAN AREAS VULNERABLE GROUP VULNERABLE PEOPLE WAGE BILL WORKERS YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT RATE YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT RATES This issue of the MENA quarterly brief assesses the macroeconomic performance of seven of the MENA countries: Egypt, Tunisia, Iran, Lebanon, Jordan, Yemen and Libya. All of these countries experienced rapid economic growth during 2000-10, and suffered a sharp economic slowdown in the aftermath of 2011. The brief focuses on the challenges facing these countries with a closer look at the actual growth performance in comparison with their forecasts and highlights the limitations of forecasting in the wake of the 2011 uprisings; and at the consequences of the growth slowdown, including unemployment, where perceptions may diverge from reality. The story is told in fourteen charts. 2014-08-11T20:01:05Z 2014-08-11T20:01:05Z 2014-07 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/07/19918133/predictions-perceptions-economic-reality-challenges-seven-middle-east-north-africa-countries-described-fourteen-charts 978-1-4648-0407-6 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19283 English en_US MENA Quarterly Economic Brief;No. 3 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Publication Middle East and North Africa North Africa Middle East
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topic	ACCESS TO CREDIT ACCESS TO MARKETS ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTING ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANCE BANK OFFICE BORROWING BUDGET DEFICIT BUDGET DEFICITS CASH TRANSFERS CC CORRUPTION CURRENT PRICES DEBT DEBTS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DOMESTIC BORROWING DOMESTIC DEBT EARNINGS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC RECOVERY ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN EDUCATED WOMEN ELECTRICITY EXOGENOUS SHOCKS EXPENDITURES EXPORT MARKET EXPORTERS EXTERNAL SHOCKS FAMILIES FINANCES FINANCIAL CRISES FINANCIAL CRISIS FISCAL BALANCE FISCAL DEFICIT FISCAL DEFICITS FISCAL DISCIPLINE FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN EXCHANGE GENDER GENDER GAP GLOBAL MARKET GOVERNMENT BUDGETS GOVERNMENT DEBT GOVERNMENT SPENDING HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT RATE HOLDING HOUSEHOLD ENTERPRISES INFLATION INFLATION RATE INFORMAL SECTOR INSURANCE INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL CRISES INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL STATISTICS INTERNATIONAL RESERVES INVESTMENT CLIMATE INVESTOR PROTECTIONS JOB SECURITY JOB STATUS JOBS LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATIONS LABOR MARKETS LABOR SUPPLY LAWS LICENSES LIMITED ACCESS MACROECONOMIC PERFORMANCE MARKET PRICE OIL PRICE OIL PRICES PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR ACTIVITIES PRIVATE SECTOR JOB PRIVATE SECTOR JOBS PRODUCT PRICE PRODUCTIVITY PROTECTION MEASURES PUBLIC PUBLIC DEBT PUBLIC DEBTS PUBLIC FINANCES PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT PUBLIC SECTOR JOB PUBLIC SECTOR JOBS PUBLIC SPENDING RECEIPTS REMITTANCE REMITTANCES SAFETY NETS SAVINGS SKILLED LABOR SOCIAL SAFETY NETS SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL SERVICES STATE OWNED ENTERPRISES STRUCTURAL PROBLEMS TAX TAX SYSTEM TOTAL DEBT TOTAL LABOR FORCE TOTAL UNEMPLOYMENT TRADING TRAFFIC CONGESTION TRAINING PROGRAM TRANSPARENCY TRANSPORT UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT LEVELS UNEMPLOYMENT RATES UNEMPLOYMENT STATISTICS URBAN AREAS VULNERABLE GROUP VULNERABLE PEOPLE WAGE BILL WORKERS YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT RATE YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
spellingShingle	ACCESS TO CREDIT ACCESS TO MARKETS ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTING ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANCE BANK OFFICE BORROWING BUDGET DEFICIT BUDGET DEFICITS CASH TRANSFERS CC CORRUPTION CURRENT PRICES DEBT DEBTS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DOMESTIC BORROWING DOMESTIC DEBT EARNINGS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC RECOVERY ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN EDUCATED WOMEN ELECTRICITY EXOGENOUS SHOCKS EXPENDITURES EXPORT MARKET EXPORTERS EXTERNAL SHOCKS FAMILIES FINANCES FINANCIAL CRISES FINANCIAL CRISIS FISCAL BALANCE FISCAL DEFICIT FISCAL DEFICITS FISCAL DISCIPLINE FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN EXCHANGE GENDER GENDER GAP GLOBAL MARKET GOVERNMENT BUDGETS GOVERNMENT DEBT GOVERNMENT SPENDING HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT RATE HOLDING HOUSEHOLD ENTERPRISES INFLATION INFLATION RATE INFORMAL SECTOR INSURANCE INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL CRISES INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL STATISTICS INTERNATIONAL RESERVES INVESTMENT CLIMATE INVESTOR PROTECTIONS JOB SECURITY JOB STATUS JOBS LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATIONS LABOR MARKETS LABOR SUPPLY LAWS LICENSES LIMITED ACCESS MACROECONOMIC PERFORMANCE MARKET PRICE OIL PRICE OIL PRICES PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR ACTIVITIES PRIVATE SECTOR JOB PRIVATE SECTOR JOBS PRODUCT PRICE PRODUCTIVITY PROTECTION MEASURES PUBLIC PUBLIC DEBT PUBLIC DEBTS PUBLIC FINANCES PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT PUBLIC SECTOR JOB PUBLIC SECTOR JOBS PUBLIC SPENDING RECEIPTS REMITTANCE REMITTANCES SAFETY NETS SAVINGS SKILLED LABOR SOCIAL SAFETY NETS SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL SERVICES STATE OWNED ENTERPRISES STRUCTURAL PROBLEMS TAX TAX SYSTEM TOTAL DEBT TOTAL LABOR FORCE TOTAL UNEMPLOYMENT TRADING TRAFFIC CONGESTION TRAINING PROGRAM TRANSPARENCY TRANSPORT UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT LEVELS UNEMPLOYMENT RATES UNEMPLOYMENT STATISTICS URBAN AREAS VULNERABLE GROUP VULNERABLE PEOPLE WAGE BILL WORKERS YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT RATE YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT RATES Devarajan, Shanta Mottaghi, Lili MENA Quarterly Economic Brief, July 2014 : Predictions, Perceptions and Economic Reality
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relation	MENA Quarterly Economic Brief;No. 3
description	This issue of the MENA quarterly brief assesses the macroeconomic performance of seven of the MENA countries: Egypt, Tunisia, Iran, Lebanon, Jordan, Yemen and Libya. All of these countries experienced rapid economic growth during 2000-10, and suffered a sharp economic slowdown in the aftermath of 2011. The brief focuses on the challenges facing these countries with a closer look at the actual growth performance in comparison with their forecasts and highlights the limitations of forecasting in the wake of the 2011 uprisings; and at the consequences of the growth slowdown, including unemployment, where perceptions may diverge from reality. The story is told in fourteen charts.
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author	Devarajan, Shanta Mottaghi, Lili
author_facet	Devarajan, Shanta Mottaghi, Lili
author_sort	Devarajan, Shanta
title	MENA Quarterly Economic Brief, July 2014 : Predictions, Perceptions and Economic Reality
title_short	MENA Quarterly Economic Brief, July 2014 : Predictions, Perceptions and Economic Reality
title_full	MENA Quarterly Economic Brief, July 2014 : Predictions, Perceptions and Economic Reality
title_fullStr	MENA Quarterly Economic Brief, July 2014 : Predictions, Perceptions and Economic Reality
title_full_unstemmed	MENA Quarterly Economic Brief, July 2014 : Predictions, Perceptions and Economic Reality
title_sort	mena quarterly economic brief, july 2014 : predictions, perceptions and economic reality
publisher	Washington, DC: World Bank
publishDate	2014
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/07/19918133/predictions-perceptions-economic-reality-challenges-seven-middle-east-north-africa-countries-described-fourteen-charts http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19283
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MENA Quarterly Economic Brief, July 2014 : Predictions, Perceptions and Economic Reality

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