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Towards Privilege-Resistant Economic Policies in MENA: Shielding Policies from Privileges and Discretion

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dc.contributor.authorWorld Bank
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-30T18:57:44Z
dc.date.available2017-06-30T18:57:44Z
dc.date.issued2017-06
dc.description.abstractUnemployment rates in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region are among the highest in the world, especially for young graduates. 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 presents, 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 presents an innovative conceptual framework that encapsulates the governance features that can shield policies from capture, discretion, and arbitrary enforcement that limits competition. Based on this framework, a check-list of policy features in a wide range of policy areas relevant to private sector development policy is presented, notably in terms of: (i) the process of policy-making (ex-ante); (ii) the actual policies, regulations, and their implementation (for example, business regulations, procurement, financing, trade); and (iii) competition policy and other attributes like open-business and transparency measures that help identify, and prevent or deter anti-competitive market behavior and outcomes (ex-post). The report benchmarks eight countries along the framework and checklist of indicators, pointing, for each country, to policy gaps and poor governance features that make these countries prone to capture and discretion. The report offers a menu of operational and technical entry-points to engage the capture agenda in a concrete way, one that may be more politically tractable in some of the client countries.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/194651497302468775/Middle-East-and-North-Africa-Towards-privilege-resistant-economic-policies-in-MENA-shielding-policies-from-privileges-and-discretion-measurement-policy-instruments-and-operational-implications
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/27525
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/27525
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWashington, DC
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectCITIZEN ENGAGEMENT
dc.subjectBUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
dc.subjectPUBLIC PROCUREMENT
dc.subjectINVESTMENT CLIMATE
dc.subjectACCESS TO FINANCE
dc.subjectCOMPETITION POLICY
dc.subjectDISCLOSURE
dc.subjectACCOUNTABILITY
dc.subjectPOLICY MAKING
dc.titleTowards Privilege-Resistant Economic Policies in MENAen
dc.title.subtitleShielding Policies from Privileges and Discretionen
dc.typeReporten
dc.typeRapportfr
dc.typeInformees
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okr.crossref.titleTowards Privilege-Resistant Economic Policies in MENA: Shielding Policies from Privileges and Discretion
okr.date.disclosure2017-06-14
okr.doctypeEconomic & Sector Work::Private Sector Development, Privatization, and Industrial Policy
okr.doctypeEconomic & Sector Work
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/194651497302468775/Middle-East-and-North-Africa-Towards-privilege-resistant-economic-policies-in-MENA-shielding-policies-from-privileges-and-discretion-measurement-policy-instruments-and-operational-implications
okr.guid194651497302468775
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/27525
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum090224b084c84a1e_3_0
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum27574032
okr.identifier.reportACS22441
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okr.language.supporteden
okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/194651497302468775/pdf/Towards-Privilege-Resistant-Economic-Policies-in-MENA.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeMiddle East and North Africa
okr.region.geographicalMiddle East
okr.region.geographicalNorth Africa
okr.themeFinancial and private sector development
okr.topicPublic Sector Development::Public Sector Corruption/Anticorruption Measures
okr.topicLaw and Development::Judicial System Reform
okr.topicLaw and Development::Private Sector Development Law
okr.topicPrivate Sector Development::Legal Regulation and Business Environment
okr.topicPrivate Sector Development::Competition Policy
okr.unitGTC05
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