This paper uses an original database of 469 politically connected firms under the Mubarak regime in Egypt to explore the economic effects of close state-business relations. Previous research has shown...
This report argues that Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries face a critical choice in their quest for higher private sector growth and more jobs: promote competition, equal opportunities for...
Contents of the report are as follows: Long-term economic development: challenges and prospects for the Arab countries by Mustapha K. Nabli. Reform complementarities and economic growth in the Middle East...
Authors assess the dynamics behind the high net resource transfers by donors and creditors to Sub-Saharan African countries. Analyzing the determinants of overall net transfers for a panel of 37 recipient...
Macro and micro perspectives of growth and poverty in Africa; by Luc Christiaensen, Lionel Demery, and Stefano Paternostro. Risk sharing in labor markets; by Arne Bigsten, Paul Collier, Stefan Dercon...
The Palestinian economy has been operating below its enormous potential since the 1993 signing of the Declaration of Principles. This book documents the degrees to which the permit and closure policies...
The Palestinian economy has been operating below its enormous potential since the 1993 signing of the Declaration of Principles. This book documents the degrees to which the permit and closure policies...
The 1997 conference of the Mediterranean development forum, which comprises the World Bank and a number of partner institutions in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), was held in Marrakech, Morocco...
In a world of deepening trade links, rapid technological change, and weakening institutions, workers in rich and poor countries alike are concerned about their incomes and the security of their work. In...
This report is devoted to the relationship between policy, development, and the welfare of workers - the incomes they earn, the risks they face, and the conditions under which they work. Three important...
This report is devoted to the relationship between policy, development, and the welfare of workers - the incomes they earn, the risks they face, and the conditions under which they work. Three important...
This report examines recent financial flows to and from the Middle East with two objectives in mind: first, to assess the levels and types of recent flows in order to understand their past contributions...
This report presents the results of work undertaken by the World Bank at the request of the Multilateral Working Group on Regional Economic Development. It provides an overview of economic development...
Most countries in the Middle East and North Africa face serious economic and social problems following a decade of stagnation, if not deterioration in living standards -- unemployment is high and rising...
Inflation and the transition to a market economy: an overview. Lesson from experiences with high inflation. Price-wage dynamics and inflation in socialist economies: empirical models for Hungary and Poland...
There is always some price that is low enough so that a debtor country gains by buying back some of its debts. Similarly, there is always some price that is high enough so that creditors gain by selling...
The report explores how the formulation of debt repayment policies can be affected by the nature of the decisionmakers and the strength of various interest groups. The authors argue that small penalties...
This manual reviews and consolidates what economists understand about market based schemes and concerted debt restructurings. Its purpose is to reach those who wish to come to an independent judgement...
THe world debt crisis of the 1980s, soon to drag into the 1990s, has launched a constellation of competing claims and conflicting alternatives. From 1986 to 1988 more than $100 billion in resources were...
External debt depresses investment and lowers economic growth below its potential through its negative effect on liquidity and expected profitability. These effects can pull a country into a downward spiral...