Documentos e Relatórios

Improving SME Access to Trade Credit and Financing in MENA (Inglês)

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Middle East and North Africa (MENA), especially female entrepreneurs, face steep challenges in accessing finance and credit. This situation is now even more dire...

Women's Economic Empowerment in Jordan (Inglês)

The Government of Jordan has strengthened its commitment in recent years to gender equality and women's social and economic empowerment through Jordan's Renaissance Plan 2019-2020 and more recently through...

EITI as an Instrument of Fiscal Transparency and Accountability in Contexts of Fragility and Violence : A Comparative Case Study of Afghanistan and Iraq (Part Two) (Inglês)

Efforts in Afghanistan have sought to enable systematized data disclosures and simplify data collection efforts, given security concerns that often restrict movement and coordination. In this context...

EITI as an Instrument of Fiscal Transparency and Accountability in Contexts of Fragility and Violence : A Comparative Case Study of Afghanistan and Iraq (Part One) (Inglês)

Fiscal transparency is a vital requirement for effective fiscal policymaking. Budgets, including their underlying fiscal forecasts, must provide a clear statement of the government’s budgetary objectives...

Public Investment Management (PIM) in Contexts of Fragility, Conflict, and Violence – Part 2 (Inglês)

The PIM Assessment resulted in the establishment of an Action Plan to strengthen the system. Given weak institutional capacity and limited resources, the Plan should include quick-win options where possible...

Public Investment Management (PIM) in Contexts of Fragility, Conflict, and Violence – Part 1 (Inglês)

A government's provision of complementary public goods, such as roads and bridges, facilitates the development of markets leading to long-term economic growth. Private enterprise, by itself, is unlikely...

Capturing Opportunities for Integrated Coastal Zone Management and the Blue Economy in MENA (Inglês)

The MNA region has rich marine ecosystems that can play a key role in eroding extreme poverty and promoting shared prosperity through the Blue Economy—the sustainable use of marine resources for economic...

Advancing the Public Procurement – Governance Nexus – The Case of Iraq (Inglês)

There is a strong link between efficient and effective public procurement and good governance. Public procurement is at the core of translating public policy into tangible results for citizens, delivering...

Disruptive technology : new growth engine for MENA? (Inglês)

MENA economies have been experiencing moderate to high growth in GDP with stagnant growth in employment, a phenomenon of "jobless growth" since the 1970s. This dire situation in MENA is a result of the...

Why aren't more Lebanese women working? (Inglês)

Ensuring equitable access to jobs and reducing gender gaps is essential for putting MENA countries on the path to inclusive growth and stability. Giving women and girls the opportunity to succeed can transform...

Integrating citizen engagement in program design Egypt's sustainable rural sanitation services program experience (Inglês)

Citizen engagement is not a new concept in the world of development. Notions of social accountability, citizen participation, voice, have been around development programs for many years. Adopted in 2014...

Refugee welfare : a global public good (Inglês)

This brief discusses refugee welfare in Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Refugee flows can significantly alter the social and economic fabric of host communities, with the impact depending on initial...

Strengthening conflict sensitive approaches to climate change in MENA (Inglês)

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is among the world’s most vulnerable regions to climate change. The region is projected to experience increasing temperatures, water stress, and instances of extreme...

Climate change in MENA : challenges and opportunities for the world's most water stressed region : Climate change in MENA : challenges and opportunities for the world’s most water stressed region (Inglês)

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is no stranger to extreme temperatures. It is predicted that these extremes will worsen in the coming decades. Compounded by changing precipitation patterns...

What gets measured gets done : addressing policy capture and privilege-seeking in the MENA region and beyond (Inglês)

Countries around the globe are seeking to diversify their economies and make them competitive. For this to happen, resources need to flow to firms that can make the best use of them. This is not the case...

Arab aid on the rise 2011-2016 (Inglês)

Social safety nets in Iraq : reform in a time of fragility, conflict, and violence (Inglês)

Iraq, once a relatively skilled and economically prosperous society, has seen its development thwarted by decades of conflict and economic decline. Today it is an upper middle-income, resource-rich, yet...

What can MENA governments expect in 2016? (Inglês)

This year will be the fifth consecutive year with global growth below its long-term trend of 3.5 percent observed during 2000-07, standing at last year’s 2.4 percent. This is 0.5 percent below January’s...

Procurement reform advances in the MENA region (Inglês)

In a region beset with major challenges, some remarkable progress has been achieved in the development and modernization of public procurement systems. Important procurement reform milestones were recently...

MENA and the evolution of oil prices (Inglês)

Since September 2014, world crude oil prices have fallen by more than half, setting a new low at 30 US dollars a barrel (Brent crude) in February 2016. Since then, prices rallied to 50 dollars a barrel...