TY - BOOK AU - Nabli,Mustapha K. TI - Breaking the barriers to higher economic growth: better governance and deeper reforms in the Middle East and North Africa SN - 9780821374153 AV - HC 415.15 .N28 2007 PY - 2007/// CY - Washington, DC PB - World Bank KW - Economic development KW - Political aspects KW - Middle East KW - Africa, North KW - Macroeconomics KW - Capital humain KW - eclas KW - fast KW - Economic history KW - Economic policy KW - Macroeconomia KW - larpcal KW - Economic conditions KW - Nordafrika KW - gnd KW - Mittlerer Osten KW - Economic development -- KW - Electronic books N1 - 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 N2 - "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 ER -