dc.contributor.author	Mahmood, Syed Akhtar
dc.contributor.author	Slimane, Meriem Ait Ali
dc.date.accessioned	2018-02-12T16:23:14Z
dc.date.available	2018-02-12T16:23:14Z
dc.date.issued	2018-02-12
dc.description.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? 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.	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/978-1-4648-1207-1
dc.identifier.isbn	978-1-4648-1207-1
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/29353
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Washington, DC: World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseries	MENA Development Report;
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	GOVERNANCE
dc.subject	PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	LAND POLICY
dc.subject	COMPETITION POLICY
dc.subject	INVESTMENT CLIMATE
dc.subject	PUBLIC PROCUREMENT
dc.subject	POLITICALLY EXPOSED PERSONS
dc.subject	ACCOUNTABILITY
dc.subject	PRIVILEGE
dc.subject	CAPTURE
dc.subject	DISCRETION
dc.subject	CONFLICT OF INTEREST
dc.title	Privilege-Resistant Policies in the Middle East and North Africa	en
dc.title.subtitle	Measurement and Operational Implications	en
dc.type	Book	en
dc.type	Livre	fr
dc.type	Libro	es
dspace.entity.type	Publication
okr.crossref.title	Privilege-Resistant Policies in the Middle East and North Africa: Measurement and Operational Implications
okr.date.disclosure	2018-02-12
okr.date.doiregistration	2025-04-15T10:59:18.729412Z
okr.doctype	Publications & Research
okr.doctype	Publications & Research::Publication
okr.identifier.doi	10.1596/978-1-4648-1207-1
okr.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1596/978-1-4648-1207-1
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum	211207
okr.identifier.report	130472
okr.imported	true	en
okr.language.supported	en
okr.region.administrative	Middle East and North Africa
okr.region.geographical	Middle East
okr.region.geographical	North Africa
okr.topic	Public Sector Development::Public Sector Administrative and Civil Service Reform
okr.topic	Public Sector Development::Public Sector Management and Reform
okr.topic	Governance::Multinational & Corporate Governance
okr.topic	Governance::National Governance
okr.topic	Private Sector Development::Corporate Governance and Corruption

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