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Privilege-Resistant Policies in the Middle East and North Africa

Measurement and Operational Implications

By: Syed Akhtar Mahmood,Meriem Ait Ali Slimane

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Privilege-Resistant Policies in the Middle East and North Africa

Measurement and Operational Implications

By: Syed Akhtar Mahmood,Meriem Ait Ali Slimane

Renewing the social contract, one of the pillars of the new World Bank Group strategy for the Middle East and North Africa, requires a new development model built on greater trust; openness, transparency, inclusive and accountable service delivery; and a stronger private sector that can create jobs and opportunities for the youth of the region. Recent analytic work trying to explain weak job creation and insufficient private sector dynamism in the region point to formal and informal barriers to entry and competition. These barriers privilege a few (often unproductive) incumbents who enjoy a competition-edge due to their connections or ability to influence policy making and delivery. Policy recommendations to date in the field of governance for private sector policymaking have been too general and too removed from concrete, actionable policy outcomes. This report proposes -for the first time- to fill this policy and operational gap by answering the following question: What good governance features should be instilled in the design of economic policies and institutions to help shield them from capture, discretion and arbitrary implementation? The report proposes an innovative conceptual and measurement framework that encapsulates the governance features that could shield policies from capture, discretion and arbitrary enforcement that limits competition. The report offers a menu of operational and technical entry-points to enhance privilege-resistant policy making in a concrete way, that is politically tractable in different country contexts.

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146481208X

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Reaching New Heights

Promoting Fair Competition in the Middle East and North Africa

By: Rabah Arezki,Meriem Ait Ali Slimane,Andrea Barone,Detter Klaus,Klaus Decker,Dag Detter,Rachel Yuting Fan,Ha Nguyen,Graciela Murciego,Lemma Senbet

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Reaching New Heights

Promoting Fair Competition in the Middle East and North Africa

By: Rabah Arezki,Meriem Ait Ali Slimane,Andrea Barone,Detter Klaus,Klaus Decker,Dag Detter,Rachel Yuting Fan,Ha Nguyen,Graciela Murciego,Lemma Senbet

Part I of this report discusses the short- and medium-term growth prospects for countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The region is expected to grow at a subdued rate of 0.6 percent in 2019, rising to 2.6 percent in 2020 and 2.9 percent in 2021. The growth forecast for 2019 is revised down by 0.8 percentage points from the April 2019 projection. MENA’s economic outlook is subject to substantial downside risks—most notably, intensified global economic headwinds and rising geopolitical tensions. Part II argues that promoting fair competition is key for MENA countries to complete the transition from an administered to a market economy. Part II first examines current competition policies in MENA countries and to promote fair competition calls for strengthening competition law and enforcement agencies. It also calls for corporatizing state-owned enterprises, promoting the private sector and creating a level-playing field between them. Any moves to reform MENA economies would be aided by professional management of public assets, which could tap into a new source of national wealth.

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