dc.contributor.author	Ianchovichina, Elena
dc.contributor.author	Mottaghi, Lili
dc.contributor.author	Devarajan, Shantayanan
dc.date.accessioned	2015-09-30T17:12:57Z
dc.date.available	2015-09-30T17:12:57Z
dc.date.issued	2015-10-21
dc.description.abstract	The short-term prospects for a growth recovery in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are slim in the context of low oil prices and conflict escalation. Regional GDP growth, estimated at around 2.8 percent in 2015, will remain weak if current circumstances persist. In fact, since the Arab Spring, the region has seen a growth slowdown and a rise in the incidence of civil wars. This report explores how the region got to this state. It examines whether inequality or other factors contributed to the Arab Spring uprisings as well as to the ensuing conflicts. The report concludes that expenditure inequality, which was relatively low and declining, could not been a major factor in triggering the Arab Spring events, although wealth disparities, which are typically higher, could have been. Instead, we find that ordinary people, especially the middle class, were frustrated by the decline in their standards of living, related to the shortage of quality jobs, the poor quality of public services and lack of government accountability. The report also explores whether inequality played a role in the increase in the incidence of violence after the Arab Spring and finds suggestive evidence that intergroup inequality, rather than monetary inequality, contributed to the escalation of conflict.	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/978-1-4648-0735-0
dc.identifier.isbn	978-1-4648-0735-0
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/22711
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	Washington, DC: World Bank
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	Arab countries
dc.subject	inequality
dc.subject	shared prosperity
dc.subject	middle class
dc.subject	bottom 40 percent
dc.subject	subjective wellbeing
dc.subject	life satisfaction
dc.subject	Arab Spring
dc.subject	grievances
dc.subject	uprisings
dc.subject	conflict
dc.title	Middle East and North Africa Economic Monitor, October 2015	en
dc.title.alternative	RAPPORT DE SUIVI ÉCONOMIQUE DE LA RÉGION MOYEN-ORIENT ET AFRIQUE DU NORD, Octobre 2015: Inégalités, soulèvements et conflits dans le monde arabe	en
dc.title.subtitle	Inequality, Uprisings, and Conflict in the Arab World	en
dc.type	Serial	en
dc.type	Sériel	fr
dc.type	Serial	es
dspace.entity.type	Publication
okr.date.disclosure	2015-10-21
okr.doctype	Publications & Research
okr.doctype	Publications & Research::Publication
okr.globalpractice	Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management
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okr.guid	303441467992017147
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okr.identifier.doi	10.1596/978-1-4648-0735-0
okr.identifier.report	99989
okr.language.supported	en
okr.region.administrative	Middle East and North Africa
okr.region.geographical	Middle East
okr.region.geographical	North Africa
okr.topic	Macroeconomics and Economic Growth::Economic Forecasting
okr.topic	Macroeconomics and Economic Growth::Economic Growth
okr.topic	Poverty Reduction::Achieving Shared Growth
okr.topic	Poverty Reduction::Inequality
okr.topic	Poverty Reduction::Living Standards
okr.unit	Office of the Chief Economist, Middle East and North Africa (MNACE)
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