dc.contributor.author	Do, Quy-Toan
dc.contributor.author	Devarajan, Shantayanan
dc.contributor.author	Brockmeyer, Anne
dc.contributor.author	Mottaghi, Lili
dc.contributor.author	Joubert, Clement
dc.contributor.author	Bhatia, Kartika
dc.contributor.author	Abdel-Jelil, Mohamed
dc.date.accessioned	2016-09-27T18:44:59Z
dc.date.available	2016-09-27T18:44:59Z
dc.date.issued	2016-10-05
dc.description.abstract	The year 2016 appears to be one of the toughest for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region as their governments face serious policy challenges. The biggest challenge for oil exporters is managing their finances and diversification strategies with oil below $45 a barrel. Fiscal consolidation in a difficult sociopolitical environment and spillovers from conflicts are creating challenges for oil importers as well. Real GOP growth in MENA for 2016 is projected to fall to its lowest level since 2013 -- 2.3 percent -- lower than last year's growth by half a percentage point and about one percentage point lower than predicted in April 2016. It is clear that the disappointing performance of the MENA economies, and possibly the global economy, is partly due to the rise of terrorist attacks and spread of violent extremism. In this report, we attempt to shed light on the underlying causes of this phenomenon by applying an economic perspective to the demand for and supply of violent extremists. Looking at a dataset on foreign fighters joining Daesh, we find that the factors most strongly associated with foreign individuals' joining Daesh have to do with a lack of inclusion -- economic, social and religious -- in their country of origin. Promoting greater inclusion, therefore, could not only bring down the level of violent extremism, but it could improve economic performance in the MENA region.	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/978-1-4648-0990-3
dc.identifier.isbn	978-1-4648-0990-3
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/25087
dc.language	English
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	GROWTH
dc.subject	DIVERSIFICATION
dc.subject	DAESH
dc.subject	INCLUSION
dc.subject	VIOLENT EXTREMISM
dc.subject	CONFLICT
dc.subject	SOCIAL CONFLICT
dc.subject	RELIGIOUS CONFLICT
dc.subject	MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA
dc.subject	TERRORIST ATTACKS
dc.subject	RADICALIZATION
dc.title	Middle East and North Africa Economic Monitor, October 2016	en
dc.title.subtitle	Economic and Social Inclusion to Prevent Violent Extremism	en
dc.type	Serial	en
dc.type	Sériel	fr
dc.type	Serial	es
dspace.entity.type	Publication
okr.crossref.title	Middle East and North Africa Economic Monitor, October 2016: Economic Perspectives on Violent Extremism
okr.date.disclosure	2016-10-05
okr.doctype	Publications & Research
okr.doctype	Publications & Research::Publication
okr.identifier.doi	10.1596/978-1-4648-0990-3
okr.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1596/978-1-4648-0990-3
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum	210990
okr.identifier.report	108525
okr.imported	true
okr.language.supported	en
okr.region.administrative	Middle East and North Africa
okr.region.geographical	Middle East
okr.region.geographical	North Africa
okr.topic	Conflict and Development::Conflict and Fragile States
okr.topic	Macroeconomics and Economic Growth::Economic Forecasting
okr.topic	Macroeconomics and Economic Growth::Economic Growth
okr.topic	Macroeconomics and Economic Growth::Economic Policy, Institutions and Governance
okr.topic	Poverty Reduction::Achieving Shared Growth
okr.unit	MNACE
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