From privilege to competition : unlocking private-led growth in the Middle East and North Africa

• Main Author: World Bank, World
• Format: eBook Book Publication
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, D.C World Bank 2009; World Bank Publications; The World Bank; Washington, DC
• Edition: 1
• Series: MENA Development Report
• Subjects: access to information; action plans; Africa, North; Availability of Credit; Bailouts; balance-of-payments crises; Bank Credit; Banking Sector; Banking Systems; barriers to competition; barriers to entry; beneficiaries; beneficiary; budget constraints; Business Associations; business entry; Business Environment; business information; business leaders; Business Manager; business managers; business regulations; Businesses; capital requirements; central bank; checks; checks and balances; client countries; Collateral; Communications Development; Competition; competitiveness; conflicts of interest; conflicts of interests; Copyright; Copyright Clearance; Copyright Clearance Center; corporate governance; Corporation; country to country; CPI; Credibility; Credit Constraints; Credit Information; Credit Market; Credit Markets; Credit Rationing; Creditors; customs; data analysis; data availability; data coverage; decision making; decision-making institutions; Demand for Credit; democracies; developing country; Development Bank; e-government; E-mail; economic activities; economic activity; Economic Cooperation; economic crisis; Economic development; Economic development > Africa, North; Economic development > Middle East; Economic growth; economic integration; economic policies; employment creation; enterprise sector; Enterprise Surveys; entry barriers; entry requirements; exchange rate; exchange rate regimes; Export Growth; Export Markets; exporters; Finance Corporation; Financial Crisis; financial management; financial sector; Financial Statements; foreign competition; Foreign Direct Investment; Foreign investment; Foreign Ownership; Foreign Ownership of Banks; GDP; general public; global economic prospects; global economy; good governance; government policies; Government Subsidies; gross domestic product; growth rates; Growth Strategies; growth strategy; holding; human capital; identification number; incumbent; industrial development; information flows; innovation; innovations; inspection; Inspections; institution; International Bank; International comparisons; International Finance; international standard; Investment Bank; Investment Climate; investment decisions; Investment Rates; investors confidence; job creation; labor force; labor markets; Labor Productivity; lack of credibility; lan; level playing field; liberalization; licenses; local investors; local markets; macroeconomic management; macroeconomic policies; macroeconomic stability; Manufacturing; material; Medium Enterprise; menu; microenterprises; Middle East; minimum capital requirements; Monetary Fund; multinational corporations; New Products; Nonperforming Loans; North Africa; NPL; Oil; oil boom; oil prices; One-Stop Shop; one-stop shops; ownership structure; photo; policy decisions; policy makers; Political Economy; portfolios; private entities; Private Investment; private investors; private markets; private sector; private sector development; Private Sector Growth; private sector participation; privatization; privatizations; procurement; property rights; public administration; public administrations; public bank; public banks; public expenditures; public governance; public investment; public policies; Public Sector; public spending; Public-private partnership; Public-private sector cooperation; Public-private sector cooperation > Africa, North; Public-private sector cooperation > Middle East; quality of service; quality standards; queries; real estate; regulators; regulatory agencies; Regulatory Barriers; regulatory capacity; regulatory environment; regulatory frameworks; regulatory oversight; repo; Republic; Resource allocation; results; Return; returns; search; separation of powers; sla; small businesses; social development; social protection; state capture; state enterprises; State Intervention; state policies; Supervision; targets; Tax; tax exemptions; tax obligations; tax reform; telecommunications; Telephone; Trade policy; transition countries; Transparency; unemployment; uses; volatility; Wan; World Development Indicators; World Trade; Middle East; North Africa; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC POLICIES; POLITICAL ECONOMY; LABOR MARKETS; QUALITY STANDARDS; CREDIT RATIONING; BARRIERS TO ENTRY; OIL PRICES; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; POLICY MAKERS; PROPERTY RIGHTS; DECISION-MAKING INSTITUTIONS; OIL; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC GOVERNANCE; CPI; POLICY DECISIONS; LABOR FORCE; UNEMPLOYMENT
• ISBN: 9780821378779; 0821378775; 0821378899; 9780821378892
• DOI: 10.1596/978-0-8213-7877-9

By focusing on market institutions, the quality of implementation of economic policies and the credibility of reforms from the private sector perspective, this report offers a new angle to the growth and employment challenge of the Middle East and North Africa region.