Poor Places, Thriving People : How the Middle East and North Africa Can Rise Above Spatial Disparities

The main messages of poor places, thriving people: how the Middle East and North Africa can rise above spatial disparities can be summarized in four words: people, connections, clusters, and institutions. This report shows how smart investments and...

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Main Author: World Bank
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Published: World Bank 2012
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ACCOUNTING PRACTICES
ACCOUNTING STANDARDS
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY
ATM
ATM CARD
BANK BRANCHES
BASIC
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
CENTRAL BANKS
COMMERCIAL BANKS
COMMERCIALIZATION
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
COMMUNITIES
COMPUTERIZATION
CREDIT CARDS
CREDIT PRODUCTS
DATABASE MANAGEMENT
DEFICITS
DEPOSIT MARKET
DEPOSITORS
DEPOSITS
DIGITAL
DIGITAL DIVIDE
E-GOVERNMENT
E-LEARNING
E-MAIL
EGOVERNMENT
FINANCIAL INSTITUTION
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
FINANCIAL SERVICE PROVIDERS
FINANCIAL SERVICES
FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS
FIXED ASSET
INCOME
INFORMATION SERVICES
INSURANCE
INTERNATIONAL MAIL
INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE
INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCES
LATIN AMERICAN
LEARNING
LEGAL FRAMEWORK
LETTER CARRIERS
LIQUIDITY
MAIL BUSINESS
MAIL CARRIER
MAIL CARRIERS
MAIL FLOW
MAIL FLOWS
MAIL HANDLING
MAIL ITEMS
MAIL PROCESSING
MAIL SERVICE
MAIL SERVICES
MAIL VOLUME
MAIL VOLUMES
MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS
MARKETING
MICROFINANCE
MIDDLE EAST
MIGRATION
MONEY TRANSFER
MONEY TRANSFER PRODUCTS
MONEY TRANSFER SERVICES
MONEY TRANSFERS
MONEY TRANSMISSION
NATIONAL POSTAL
NATIONAL POSTAL OPERATOR
NATIONAL POSTAL OPERATORS
NEW TECHNOLOGIES
NEW TECHNOLOGY
NORTH AFRICA
NUMBER OF POST OFFICES
OUTSOURCING
PACKAGES
PARCELS
PAYMENT SERVICES
PAYMENT SYSTEMS
PAYMENTS INSTRUMENTS
PENSIONS
POST
POST OFFICE
POST OFFICE SAVINGS
POST OFFICE SAVINGS BANKS
POST OFFICES
POSTAL
POSTAL ADMINISTRATIONS
POSTAL AGENTS
POSTAL BANK
POSTAL BANKS
POSTAL CHECKING
POSTAL COUNTERS
POSTAL EMPLOYEE
POSTAL FINANCIAL SERVICES
POSTAL INFRASTRUCTURE
POSTAL MAIL
POSTAL MANAGEMENT
POSTAL MARKET
POSTAL MARKETS
POSTAL NETWORK
POSTAL NETWORKS
POSTAL OFFICES
POSTAL OPERATIONS
POSTAL OPERATOR
POSTAL OPERATORS
POSTAL ORGANIZATIONS
POSTAL POLICY
POSTAL REFORM
POSTAL REVENUES
POSTAL SAVINGS
POSTAL SECTOR REFORM
POSTAL SERVICE
POSTAL SERVICES
POSTAL STAFF
POSTS
PRIVATE OPERATORS
PRIVATIZATION
PRODUCTIVITY
PROFITABILITY
PROGRAMS
PUBLIC AGENCIES
PUBLIC POSTAL SECTOR
PUBLIC SERVICES
QUALITY OF SERVICE
REMITTANCE SERVICES
REMITTANCES FOR DEVELOPMENT
REMITTANCES · PRODUCT
REMOTE POST OFFICES
RURAL POST OFFICES
SAVINGS ACCOUNTS
SAVINGS BANKS
SAVINGS MOBILIZATION
SUBSIDIARIES
TELECOMMUNICATION
TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
TRADITIONAL MAIL
TRANSPORT
UNIVERSAL POSTAL
UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION
UNIVERSAL SERVICE
UNIVERSAL SERVICE OBLIGATION
UPU
VOLUME OF MAIL
VOLUMES OF MAIL
WORLDWIDE POSTAL NETWORK
spellingShingle ACCOUNTING
ACCOUNTING PRACTICES
ACCOUNTING STANDARDS
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY
ATM
ATM CARD
BANK BRANCHES
BASIC
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
CENTRAL BANKS
COMMERCIAL BANKS
COMMERCIALIZATION
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
COMMUNITIES
COMPUTERIZATION
CREDIT CARDS
CREDIT PRODUCTS
DATABASE MANAGEMENT
DEFICITS
DEPOSIT MARKET
DEPOSITORS
DEPOSITS
DIGITAL
DIGITAL DIVIDE
E-GOVERNMENT
E-LEARNING
E-MAIL
EGOVERNMENT
FINANCIAL INSTITUTION
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
FINANCIAL SERVICE PROVIDERS
FINANCIAL SERVICES
FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS
FIXED ASSET
INCOME
INFORMATION SERVICES
INSURANCE
INTERNATIONAL MAIL
INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE
INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCES
LATIN AMERICAN
LEARNING
LEGAL FRAMEWORK
LETTER CARRIERS
LIQUIDITY
MAIL BUSINESS
MAIL CARRIER
MAIL CARRIERS
MAIL FLOW
MAIL FLOWS
MAIL HANDLING
MAIL ITEMS
MAIL PROCESSING
MAIL SERVICE
MAIL SERVICES
MAIL VOLUME
MAIL VOLUMES
MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS
MARKETING
MICROFINANCE
MIDDLE EAST
MIGRATION
MONEY TRANSFER
MONEY TRANSFER PRODUCTS
MONEY TRANSFER SERVICES
MONEY TRANSFERS
MONEY TRANSMISSION
NATIONAL POSTAL
NATIONAL POSTAL OPERATOR
NATIONAL POSTAL OPERATORS
NEW TECHNOLOGIES
NEW TECHNOLOGY
NORTH AFRICA
NUMBER OF POST OFFICES
OUTSOURCING
PACKAGES
PARCELS
PAYMENT SERVICES
PAYMENT SYSTEMS
PAYMENTS INSTRUMENTS
PENSIONS
POST
POST OFFICE
POST OFFICE SAVINGS
POST OFFICE SAVINGS BANKS
POST OFFICES
POSTAL
POSTAL ADMINISTRATIONS
POSTAL AGENTS
POSTAL BANK
POSTAL BANKS
POSTAL CHECKING
POSTAL COUNTERS
POSTAL EMPLOYEE
POSTAL FINANCIAL SERVICES
POSTAL INFRASTRUCTURE
POSTAL MAIL
POSTAL MANAGEMENT
POSTAL MARKET
POSTAL MARKETS
POSTAL NETWORK
POSTAL NETWORKS
POSTAL OFFICES
POSTAL OPERATIONS
POSTAL OPERATOR
POSTAL OPERATORS
POSTAL ORGANIZATIONS
POSTAL POLICY
POSTAL REFORM
POSTAL REVENUES
POSTAL SAVINGS
POSTAL SECTOR REFORM
POSTAL SERVICE
POSTAL SERVICES
POSTAL STAFF
POSTS
PRIVATE OPERATORS
PRIVATIZATION
PRODUCTIVITY
PROFITABILITY
PROGRAMS
PUBLIC AGENCIES
PUBLIC POSTAL SECTOR
PUBLIC SERVICES
QUALITY OF SERVICE
REMITTANCE SERVICES
REMITTANCES FOR DEVELOPMENT
REMITTANCES · PRODUCT
REMOTE POST OFFICES
RURAL POST OFFICES
SAVINGS ACCOUNTS
SAVINGS BANKS
SAVINGS MOBILIZATION
SUBSIDIARIES
TELECOMMUNICATION
TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
TRADITIONAL MAIL
TRANSPORT
UNIVERSAL POSTAL
UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION
UNIVERSAL SERVICE
UNIVERSAL SERVICE OBLIGATION
UPU
VOLUME OF MAIL
VOLUMES OF MAIL
WORLDWIDE POSTAL NETWORK
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Poor Places, Thriving People : How the Middle East and North Africa Can Rise Above Spatial Disparities
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description The main messages of poor places, thriving people: how the Middle East and North Africa can rise above spatial disparities can be summarized in four words: people, connections, clusters, and institutions. This report shows how smart investments and policies in transport can connect poor places to the dynamic economies of their rich neighbors. There is also a wide open field of opportunity for telecommunications to bring electronic proximity to lagging areas. Many countries have spent huge sums on subsidies to entice investors to lagging areas-usually without any sustainable impact. This report recommends that governments turn their efforts toward the new approach to local economic development, which is gaining ground around the world, and is based on economic clusters, local competitive advantage, private initiative, and public-private dialogue. The report describes the state-of-play in territorial planning, public financial management, targeted programs, deconcentration, and decentralization, and it sketches some emerging lessons. This report combines the insights of specialists in the majority of the World Bank's key sectors: agriculture, development economics, education, health, poverty analysis, social protection, and transport. It is the report's modest aim, if not to offer a single formula for reducing spatial disparities, at least to propose a range of policy options that the region's leaders can reflect on in the light of their national objectives.
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title Poor Places, Thriving People : How the Middle East and North Africa Can Rise Above Spatial Disparities
title_short Poor Places, Thriving People : How the Middle East and North Africa Can Rise Above Spatial Disparities
title_full Poor Places, Thriving People : How the Middle East and North Africa Can Rise Above Spatial Disparities
title_fullStr Poor Places, Thriving People : How the Middle East and North Africa Can Rise Above Spatial Disparities
title_full_unstemmed Poor Places, Thriving People : How the Middle East and North Africa Can Rise Above Spatial Disparities
title_sort poor places, thriving people : how the middle east and north africa can rise above spatial disparities
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spelling okr-10986-22552021-04-23T14:02:00Z Poor Places, Thriving People : How the Middle East and North Africa Can Rise Above Spatial Disparities World Bank ACCOUNTING ACCOUNTING PRACTICES ACCOUNTING STANDARDS ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ATM ATM CARD BANK BRANCHES BASIC BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTRAL BANKS COMMERCIAL BANKS COMMERCIALIZATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMMUNITIES COMPUTERIZATION CREDIT CARDS CREDIT PRODUCTS DATABASE MANAGEMENT DEFICITS DEPOSIT MARKET DEPOSITORS DEPOSITS DIGITAL DIGITAL DIVIDE E-GOVERNMENT E-LEARNING E-MAIL EGOVERNMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTION FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE FINANCIAL SERVICE PROVIDERS FINANCIAL SERVICES FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS FIXED ASSET INCOME INFORMATION SERVICES INSURANCE INTERNATIONAL MAIL INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCES LATIN AMERICAN LEARNING LEGAL FRAMEWORK LETTER CARRIERS LIQUIDITY MAIL BUSINESS MAIL CARRIER MAIL CARRIERS MAIL FLOW MAIL FLOWS MAIL HANDLING MAIL ITEMS MAIL PROCESSING MAIL SERVICE MAIL SERVICES MAIL VOLUME MAIL VOLUMES MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS MARKETING MICROFINANCE MIDDLE EAST MIGRATION MONEY TRANSFER MONEY TRANSFER PRODUCTS MONEY TRANSFER SERVICES MONEY TRANSFERS MONEY TRANSMISSION NATIONAL POSTAL NATIONAL POSTAL OPERATOR NATIONAL POSTAL OPERATORS NEW TECHNOLOGIES NEW TECHNOLOGY NORTH AFRICA NUMBER OF POST OFFICES OUTSOURCING PACKAGES PARCELS PAYMENT SERVICES PAYMENT SYSTEMS PAYMENTS INSTRUMENTS PENSIONS POST POST OFFICE POST OFFICE SAVINGS POST OFFICE SAVINGS BANKS POST OFFICES POSTAL POSTAL ADMINISTRATIONS POSTAL AGENTS POSTAL BANK POSTAL BANKS POSTAL CHECKING POSTAL COUNTERS POSTAL EMPLOYEE POSTAL FINANCIAL SERVICES POSTAL INFRASTRUCTURE POSTAL MAIL POSTAL MANAGEMENT POSTAL MARKET POSTAL MARKETS POSTAL NETWORK POSTAL NETWORKS POSTAL OFFICES POSTAL OPERATIONS POSTAL OPERATOR POSTAL OPERATORS POSTAL ORGANIZATIONS POSTAL POLICY POSTAL REFORM POSTAL REVENUES POSTAL SAVINGS POSTAL SECTOR REFORM POSTAL SERVICE POSTAL SERVICES POSTAL STAFF POSTS PRIVATE OPERATORS PRIVATIZATION PRODUCTIVITY PROFITABILITY PROGRAMS PUBLIC AGENCIES PUBLIC POSTAL SECTOR PUBLIC SERVICES QUALITY OF SERVICE REMITTANCE SERVICES REMITTANCES FOR DEVELOPMENT REMITTANCES · PRODUCT REMOTE POST OFFICES RURAL POST OFFICES SAVINGS ACCOUNTS SAVINGS BANKS SAVINGS MOBILIZATION SUBSIDIARIES TELECOMMUNICATION TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES TELECOMMUNICATIONS TRADITIONAL MAIL TRANSPORT UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION UNIVERSAL SERVICE UNIVERSAL SERVICE OBLIGATION UPU VOLUME OF MAIL VOLUMES OF MAIL WORLDWIDE POSTAL NETWORK The main messages of poor places, thriving people: how the Middle East and North Africa can rise above spatial disparities can be summarized in four words: people, connections, clusters, and institutions. This report shows how smart investments and policies in transport can connect poor places to the dynamic economies of their rich neighbors. There is also a wide open field of opportunity for telecommunications to bring electronic proximity to lagging areas. Many countries have spent huge sums on subsidies to entice investors to lagging areas-usually without any sustainable impact. This report recommends that governments turn their efforts toward the new approach to local economic development, which is gaining ground around the world, and is based on economic clusters, local competitive advantage, private initiative, and public-private dialogue. The report describes the state-of-play in territorial planning, public financial management, targeted programs, deconcentration, and decentralization, and it sketches some emerging lessons. This report combines the insights of specialists in the majority of the World Bank's key sectors: agriculture, development economics, education, health, poverty analysis, social protection, and transport. It is the report's modest aim, if not to offer a single formula for reducing spatial disparities, at least to propose a range of policy options that the region's leaders can reflect on in the light of their national objectives. 2012-03-19T09:02:28Z 2012-03-19T09:02:28Z 2011-01-10 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000356161_20110117053434 978-0-8213-8321-6 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/2255 English MENA Development Report CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research :: Publication Middle East and North Africa