dc.contributor.author	Zoellick, Robert B.
dc.date.accessioned	2018-04-06T20:24:58Z
dc.date.available	2018-04-06T20:24:58Z
dc.date.issued	2011-04-06
dc.description.abstract	Robert B. Zoellick, President of the World Bank Group, discussed the political firestorm that engulfed Tunisia and the wider Middle East and its lessons for a new social contract for development that goes beyond the region itself. He argued for modernizing multilateralism in the Arab World, reforming international institutions to reflect power shifts in the world. Development economics must be democratized. Investment in the Arab World needs to be more diversified, while the governments increase accountability and reduce corruption and conflict. The new Arab voices are calling for dignity and respect and a series of changes amounting to a new social contract. While the World Bank once steered away from political topics, today our shareholders know that corruption is a drag on economies, strangling opportunity and taxing the poor. Now, anticorruption, gender, and transparency are vital to the practices of the World Bank Group. The upcoming new World Development Report stresses the role of legitimate institutions and governance. Citizen participation matters. Zoellick discussed job creation and safety nets as keys to maintaining development momentum in the region.	en
dc.identifier	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/577281521603479230/Speech-by-Robert-B-Zoellick-President-of-the-World-Bank-Group-at-the-Middle-East-and-North-Africa-a-new-social-contract-for-development
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/29643
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/29643
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Delivered at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, Washington, DC, April 6, 2011;
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subject	CIVIL SOCIETY
dc.subject	SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY
dc.subject	SAFETY NETS
dc.subject	CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT
dc.subject	GOVERNANCE
dc.subject	ACCESS TO INFORMATION
dc.subject	FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION
dc.subject	GENDER EQUALITY
dc.subject	ANTICORRUPTION
dc.subject	TRANSPARENCY
dc.subject	JOB CREATION
dc.subject	POVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subject	MULTILATERALISM
dc.subject	YOUTH EMPLOYMENT
dc.subject	JUDICIAL REFORM
dc.subject	POLITICAL REPRESSION
dc.subject	CORRUPTION
dc.title	The Middle East and North Africa	en
dc.title.subtitle	A New Social Contract for Development	en
dc.type	Speech	en
dc.type	Discours	fr
dc.type	Discurso	es
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okr.crossref.title	The Middle East and North Africa
okr.date.disclosure	2018-03-20
okr.date.doiregistration	2025-05-08T13:41:09.841548Z
okr.doctype	Speech
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okr.region.administrative	Middle East and North Africa
okr.region.geographical	Middle East
okr.region.geographical	North Africa
okr.topic	Governance::International Governmental Organizations
okr.topic	Governance::Politics and Government
okr.topic	Poverty Reduction::Inequality
okr.topic	Social Development::Social Accountability
okr.topic	Social Protections and Labor::Employment and Unemployment
okr.unit	Office of the President (EXC)

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