Title: Breaking the barriers to higher economic growth : better governance and deeper reforms in the Middle East and North Africa /
Authors: Nabli, Mustapha K.
Publisher: World Bank,
Year: 2007
Subjects: Economic development Political aspects Middle East.; Economic development Political aspects Africa, North.; Macroeconomics.; Middle East Economic conditions.; Africa, North Economic conditions.; Middle East Economic policy.; Africa, North Economic policy.
Abstract: "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.
Contents: Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 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 / Mustapha Kamel Nabli and Marie-Ange Véganzonès-Varoudakis -- 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? / Mustapha K. Nabli and Carlos Silva-Jáuregui -- The political economy of industrial policy in the Middle East and North Africa / Mustapha K. Nabli ... [et al.] -- 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 / Pierre-Richard Agénor ... [et al.] -- Economic reforms and people mobility for a more effective EU-MED partnership / Ishac Diwan ... [et al.] -- 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 ... [et al.] -- Exchange rate management within the Middle East and North Africa Region / Mustapha Nabli, Jennifer Keller, and Marie-Ange Véganzonès -- How does exchange rate policy affect manufactured exports in MENA countries / Mustapha Kamel Nabli and Marie-Ange Véganzonès-Varoudakis -- Public infrastructure and private investment in the Middle East and North Africa / Pierre-Richard Agénor, Mustapha K. Nabli, and Tarik M. Yousef --^ Governance, institutions, and private investment / Ahmet Faruk Aysan, Mustapha Kamel Nabli, and Marie-Ange Véganzonès-Varoudakis.