Breaking the Barriers to Higher Economic Growth : Better Governance and Deeper Reforms in the Middle East and North Africa

Contents of the report are as follows: Long-term economic development: challenges and prospects for the Arab countries by Mustapha K. Nabli. Reform complementarities and economic growth in the Middle East and North Africa by Mustapha Kamel Nabli, a...

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Main Author:	Nabli, Mustapha Kamel
Format:	Publication
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2012
Subjects:	ADULT POPULATION AGRICULTURE ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES ANNUAL LABOR FORCE GROWTH BASIC EDUCATION BASIC RIGHTS BUDGET DEFICITS CAPITAL INVESTMENT CENTRAL PLANNING CITIZENS CLOSED ECONOMIES COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS COMPETITIVE PRESSURES COMPETITIVENESS CRISES CURRENT LABOR FORCE DEBT DEMOCRACY DEMOCRATIC DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES DISCRIMINATORY LAWS DISSEMINATION DOMESTIC MARKETS ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC DEPENDENCY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC POLICIES ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMIC REFORMS ECONOMIC SECTORS ECONOMIC STRUCTURE ECONOMIES OF SCALE EDUCATION SYSTEMS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMPLOYMENT CREATION EMPLOYMENT GROWTH EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYMENT POLICIES ENERGY CONSUMPTION EQUAL RIGHTS EXCHANGE RATES EXPORT MARKET EXPORTS FEMALE EDUCATION FEMALE LABOR FEMALE LABOR FORCE FERTILITY FERTILITY RATES FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL SECTOR FIRM SURVEYS FIRST-TIME JOB SEEKERS FISCAL POLICY FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FREE TRADE GDP GDP PER CAPITA GENDER DISPARITIES GENDER EQUALITY GENDER EQUITY GENDER GAP GENDER GAP IN EDUCATION GENDER INEQUALITIES GENDER PARITY GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCE GOOD GOVERNANCE GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES GOVERNMENT POLICIES GROSS NATIONAL INCOME GROWTH POTENTIAL GROWTH RATE HEALTH CARE HIGH POPULATION GROWTH HIGH POPULATION GROWTH RATES HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INCOME SECURITY INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT INEQUITIES INFANT INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATE INTERNATIONAL MARKETS INTERNATIONAL TRADE ISSUES OF POVERTY JOB CREATION JOB MARKET JOB OPPORTUNITIES JOBS LABOR COSTS LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE GROWTH LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR FORCES LABOR LAWS LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES LABOR MARKET REFORMS LABOR MARKETS LABOR MIGRATION LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LABOR SUPPLY LABORERS LACK OF INFORMATION LARGE POPULATIONS LEGAL STATUS LEVEL OF EDUCATION LEVELS OF EDUCATION LOCAL COMMUNITIES LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MACROECONOMIC POLICY MACROECONOMIC REFORM MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MACROECONOMIC STABILIZATION MACROECONOMICS MALE COUNTERPARTS MIGRANT MIGRANT WORKERS MIGRATION MOTIVATION NATIONAL INCOME NATIONAL LEVEL NATIONAL OBJECTIVES NATIONALS NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCES OMBUDSMEN OPEN ECONOMIES OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN OUTPUTS OVERVALUATION PARTICIPATION IN SOCIETY PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN POLICY AFFECT POLICY CHANGE POLICY MAKERS POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL ECONOMY OF REFORM POLITICAL TURMOIL POPULATION CENSUS POPULATION GROWTH POPULOUS COUNTRIES POSITIVE EXTERNALITIES POVERTY REDUCTION PRACTITIONERS PRICE FLUCTUATIONS PRIMARY SCHOOLING PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR ACTIVITY PRODUCTIVE ACTIVITIES PRODUCTIVITY PROGRESS PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC AFFAIRS PUBLIC DEBATE PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT PUBLIC SECTOR JOBS PUBLIC SERVICE PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC SPHERE QUALITY CONTROL QUALITY EDUCATION QUALITY OF EDUCATION RAPID POPULATION GROWTH RATES OF GROWTH REAL EXCHANGE RATES REAL WAGE REAL WAGES REFORM EFFORT REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS REMITTANCES RENTS RESPECT RISING UNEMPLOYMENT RULE OF LAW SEGMENTS OF SOCIETY SERVICE DELIVERY SKILLED LABOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL POLICIES SOCIAL SERVICES SOCIAL WELFARE STATE PLANNING TAXATION TELECOMMUNICATIONS TEMPORARY MIGRATION TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH TOTAL LABOR FORCE TRADE POLICIES TRADE POLICY TRADE REFORMS TRANSPORTATION UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYED WORKERS UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT PROBLEM UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UNEMPLOYMENT RATES VALUE ADDED WAGE GROWTH WAGES WATER RESOURCES WEALTH WELFARE OF FAMILIES WORKER WORKER PRODUCTIVITY WTO
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/01/9484515/breaking-barriers-higher-economic-growth-better-governance-deeper-reforms-middle-east-north-africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6914

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Summary:	Contents of the report are as follows: Long-term economic development: challenges and prospects for the Arab countries by Mustapha K. Nabli. Reform complementarities and economic growth in the Middle East and North Africa by Mustapha Kamel Nabli, and Marie-Ange Veganzones-Varoudakis. After Argentina: was MENA right to be cautious? By Mustapha K. Nabli. Restarting Arab economic reform by Mustapha K. Nabli. Democracy for better governance and higher economic growth in the MENA region? By Mustapha K. Nabli, and Carlos Silva-Jauregui. The political economy of industrial policy in the Middle East and North Africa by Mustapha K. Nabli, Jennifer Keller, Claudia Nassif, and Carlos Silva-Jauregui. The macroeconomics of labor market outcomes in MENA by Jennifer Keller, and Mustapha K. Nabli. Challenges and opportunities for the 21st century by Mustapha Nabli. Labor market reforms, growth, and unemployment in labor-exporting countries in the Middle East and North Africa by Pierre-Richard Agenor, Mustapha K. Nabli, Tarik Yousef, and Henning Tarp Jensen. Economic reforms and people mobility for a more effective EU-MED partnership by Ishac Diwan, Mustapha Nabli, Adama Coulibaly, and Sara Johansson de Silva. Cruise control, shock absorbers, and traffic lights by Mustapha K. Nabli. Trade, foreign direct investment, and development in the Middle East and North Africa by Farrukh Iqbal, and Mustapha Kamel Nabli. Making trade work for jobs by Dipak Dasgupta, Mustapha Kamel Nabli, Christopher Pissarides, and Aristomene Varoudakis. Exchange rate management within the Middle East and North Africa region by Mustapha Nabli, Jennifer Keller, and Marie-Ange Véganzones. How does exchange rate policy affect manufactured exports in MENA countries? By Mustapha Kamel Nabli, and Marie-Ange Veganzones-Varoudakis. Public infrastructure and private investment in the Middle East and North Africa by Pierre-Richard Agenor, Mustapha K. Nabli, and Tarik M. Yousef. Governance, institutions, and private investment by Ahmet Faruk Aysan, Mustapha Kamel Nabli, and Marie-Ange Veganzones-Varoudakis.

Breaking the Barriers to Higher Economic Growth : Better Governance and Deeper Reforms in the Middle East and North Africa

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