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Breaking the barriers to higher economic growth : better governance and deeper reforms in the Middle East and North Africa / Mustapha Kamel Nabli.

By: Publication details: Washington, DC : World Bank, 2007.Description: xi, 486 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780821374153
  • 082137415X
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Online version:: Breaking the barriers to higher economic growth.LOC classification:
  • HC 415.15 .N28 2007
Contents:
Growth, reform, and governance. Long-term economic development challenges and prospects for the Arab countries / Mustapha K. Nabli -- Reform complementarities and economic growth in the Middle East and North Africa / After Argentina : was MENA right to be cautious? / Mustapha K. Nabli -- Restarting Arab economic reform / Mustapha K. Nabli -- Democracy for better governance and higher economic growth in the MENA region? / political economy of industrial policy in the Middle East and North Africa / Mustapha K. Nabli [and others] -- Labor markets and human capital. The macroeconomics of labor market outcomes in MENA / Jennifer Keller and Mustapha K. Nabli -- Challenges and opportunities for the 21st century / Mustapha Nabli -- Labor market reforms, growth, and unemployment in labor-exporting countries in the Middle East and North Africa / Economic reforms and people mobility for a more effective EU-MED partnership / Ishac Diwan [and others] -- Trade, competitiveness, and investment. Cruise control, shock absorbers, and traffic lights / Mustapha K. Nabli -- Trade, foreign direct investment, and development in the Middle East and North Africa / Farrukh Iqbal and Mustapha Kamel Nabli -- Making trade work for jobs / Dipak Dasgupta [and others] -- Exchange rate management within the Middle East and North Africa Region / How does exchange rate policy affect manufactured exports in MENA countries / Public infrastructure and private investment in the Middle East and North Africa / Governance, institutions, and private investment /
Summary: "The world's attention to the countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has often been dominated by headline issues: conflict, sanctions, political turmoil, and rising oil prices. Breaking the Barriers reflects the collected thinking of the World Bank's Office of the Chief Economist for the MENA Region on the long-term development challenges facing the region and the reform priorities and strategies for effectively meeting these challenges."--Jacket.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Growth, reform, and governance. Long-term economic development challenges and prospects for the Arab countries / Mustapha K. Nabli -- Reform complementarities and economic growth in the Middle East and North Africa / After Argentina : was MENA right to be cautious? / Mustapha K. Nabli -- Restarting Arab economic reform / Mustapha K. Nabli -- Democracy for better governance and higher economic growth in the MENA region? / political economy of industrial policy in the Middle East and North Africa / Mustapha K. Nabli [and others] -- Labor markets and human capital. The macroeconomics of labor market outcomes in MENA / Jennifer Keller and Mustapha K. Nabli -- Challenges and opportunities for the 21st century / Mustapha Nabli -- Labor market reforms, growth, and unemployment in labor-exporting countries in the Middle East and North Africa / Economic reforms and people mobility for a more effective EU-MED partnership / Ishac Diwan [and others] -- Trade, competitiveness, and investment. Cruise control, shock absorbers, and traffic lights / Mustapha K. Nabli -- Trade, foreign direct investment, and development in the Middle East and North Africa / Farrukh Iqbal and Mustapha Kamel Nabli -- Making trade work for jobs / Dipak Dasgupta [and others] -- Exchange rate management within the Middle East and North Africa Region / How does exchange rate policy affect manufactured exports in MENA countries / Public infrastructure and private investment in the Middle East and North Africa / Governance, institutions, and private investment /

"The world's attention to the countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has often been dominated by headline issues: conflict, sanctions, political turmoil, and rising oil prices. Breaking the Barriers reflects the collected thinking of the World Bank's Office of the Chief Economist for the MENA Region on the long-term development challenges facing the region and the reform priorities and strategies for effectively meeting these challenges."--Jacket.

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