Privilege-resistant policies in the Middle East and North Africa measurement and operational implications / Syed Akhtar Mahmood, Meriem Ait Ali Slimane.
| Author/creator | Mahmood, Syed Akhtar |
| Other author | Slimane, Meriem Ait Ali. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Washington, DC : World Bank Group, [2018] |
| Description | xviii, 167 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | MENA development report MENA development report. ^A566654 |
| Contents | 1. Scope and motivation of the report -- 2. From concept to measurement : assessment of policy areas -- 3. From measurement to action -- Appendix A. Questionnaires to assess the privilege-resisitance of different policy areas -- Appendix B. Dynamics of change : a literature review -- Appendix C. Stimulating change for privilege-resistant policy making. |
| Abstract | "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? Privilege-Resisitant Policies in the Middle East and North Africa benchmarks eight countries on a number of policy areas with regard to their vulnerability to privilege-seeking. The book offers various operational and technical entry points to enhance privilege-resistant policy making in a concrete way that is politically tractable in different country contexts."--Page 4 of cover. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Issued in other form | Electronic version: Mahmood, Syed Akhtar. Privilege-resistant policies in the Middle East and North Africa. Washington, DC : World Bank Group, [2018] 9781464812088 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2018288545 |
| ISBN | 9781464812071 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 1464812071 (paperback) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |