Documents et rapports
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Pyramid capitalism : political connections, regulation, and firm productivity in Egypt (anglais)
This paper uses an original database of 469 politically connected firms under the Mubarak regime in Egypt to explore the economic effects of close state-business relations. Previous research has shown...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS7354 Date du document: 2 juillet 2015 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Diwan,Ishac,Keefer,Philip E.,Schiffbauer,Marc Tobias
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Jobs or privileges : unleashing the employment potential of the Middle East and North Africa (anglais)
This report argues that Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries face a critical choice in their quest for higher private sector growth and more jobs: promote competition, equal opportunities for...
Type de document: Autre étude urbaine Numéro du rapport: 88879 Date du document: 1 juin 2014 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Diwan,Ishac,Doemeland,Doerte,Hussain,Sahar Sajjad,Al Kadi,Dalia,Keefer,Philip E.,Rijkers,Bob,Sahnoun,Hania,Schiffbauer,Marc Tobias,Sy,Abdoulaye
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Breaking the barriers to higher economic growth : better governance and deeper reforms in the Middle East and North Africa (anglais)
Contents of the report are as follows: Long-term economic development: challenges and prospects for the Arab countries by Mustapha K. Nabli. Reform complementarities and economic growth in the Middle East...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 43969 Date du document: 1 janvier 2007 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Nabli,Mustapha Kamel, Veganzones-Varoudakis, Marie-Ange,Silva-Jauregui,Carlos,Keller,Jennifer L.,Nassif,Claudia,Silva-Jauregui,Carlos,Agenor,Pierre-Richard,Yousef,Tarik,Jensen,Henning Tarp,Diwan,Ishac, Coulibaly, Adama,Johansson De Silva,Sara,Iqbal,Farrukh,Dasgupta,Dipak,Pissarides,Christopher A.,Varoudakis,Aristomene,Aysan,Ahmet Faruk
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Policy selectivity forgone: debt and donor behavior in Africa (anglais)
Authors assess the dynamics behind the high net resource transfers by donors and creditors to Sub-Saharan African countries. Analyzing the determinants of overall net transfers for a panel of 37 recipient...
Type de document: Article de revue Numéro du rapport: 77415 Date du document: 1 septembre 2003 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Birdsall,Nancy M.,Claessens, Stijn,Diwan,Ishac
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The World Bank economic review 17 (3) (anglais)
Macro and micro perspectives of growth and poverty in Africa; by Luc Christiaensen, Lionel Demery, and Stefano Paternostro. Risk sharing in labor markets; by Arne Bigsten, Paul Collier, Stefan Dercon...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 28411 Date du document: 1 janvier 2003 Auteur: Bigsten,Arne L,Birdsall,Nancy M.,Christiaensen,Luc,Claessens, Stijn,Collier,Paul,Contreras,Dante,Demery,Lionel,Dercon,Stefan,Diwan,Ishac,Fafchamps,Marcel,Gauthier,Bernard P.,Gomez-Lobo,Andres,Gunning, Jam Willem,Mann,Catherine Louise,Oduro,Abena F. D.,Oostendorp,Remco H.,Otsuki,Tsunehiro,Paternostro,Stefano,Pattillo, Cathy,Soderbom,Mans Martin,Teal,Francis John,Wilson,John S.,Winters, L. Alan [editor],Zeufack,Albert G.
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Development under adversity : the Palestinian economy in transition - summary (anglais)
The Palestinian economy has been operating below its enormous potential since the 1993 signing of the Declaration of Principles. This book documents the degrees to which the permit and closure policies...
Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: 20179 Date du document: 31 janvier 1999 Auteur: Diwan,Ishac,Shaban,Radwan Ali
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Development under adversity : the Palestinian economy in transition - summary (arabe)
The Palestinian economy has been operating below its enormous potential since the 1993 signing of the Declaration of Principles. This book documents the degrees to which the permit and closure policies...
Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: 20179 Date du document: 31 janvier 1999 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Diwan,Ishac,Shaban,Radwan Ali
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Core course : Mediterranean development forum 1997 conference (anglais)
The 1997 conference of the Mediterranean development forum, which comprises the World Bank and a number of partner institutions in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), was held in Marrakech, Morocco...
Type de document: Document de travail du WBI Numéro du rapport: 49416 Date du document: 1 mai 1998 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Diwan,Ishac
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How international exchange, technology, and institutions affect workers : an introduction (anglais)
In a world of deepening trade links, rapid technological change, and weakening institutions, workers in rich and poor countries alike are concerned about their incomes and the security of their work. In...
Type de document: Article de revue Numéro du rapport: 77238 Date du document: 1 janvier 1997 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Diwan,Ishac,Walton,Michael
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Regional perspectives on World Development Report 1995 : will Arab workers prosper or be left out in the twenty-first century? (anglais)
This report is devoted to the relationship between policy, development, and the welfare of workers - the incomes they earn, the risks they face, and the conditions under which they work. Three important...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 14923 Date du document: 31 août 1995 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Diwan,Ishac
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Regional perspectives on World Development Report 1995 : will Arab workers prosper or be left out in the twenty-first century? (arabe)
This report is devoted to the relationship between policy, development, and the welfare of workers - the incomes they earn, the risks they face, and the conditions under which they work. Three important...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 14923 Date du document: 1 janvier 1995 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Diwan,Ishac
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External finance in the Middle East : trends and prospects (anglais)
This report examines recent financial flows to and from the Middle East with two objectives in mind: first, to assess the levels and types of recent flows in order to understand their past contributions...
Type de document: Document de travail départemental Numéro du rapport: 20956 Date du document: 31 décembre 1993 Auteur: Diwan,Ishac,Underwood,John M.,Squire,Lyn
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Economic development and cooperation in the Middle East and North Africa (anglais)
This report presents the results of work undertaken by the World Bank at the request of the Multilateral Working Group on Regional Economic Development. It provides an overview of economic development...
Type de document: Document de travail départemental Numéro du rapport: 12742 Date du document: 30 novembre 1993 Auteur: Diwan,Ishac,Squire,Lyn,MNA
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Economic and social development in the Middle East and North Africa (anglais)
Most countries in the Middle East and North Africa face serious economic and social problems following a decade of stagnation, if not deterioration in living standards -- unemployment is high and rising...
Type de document: Document de travail départemental Numéro du rapport: 12737 Date du document: 31 octobre 1992 Auteur: Diwan,Ishac,Squire,Lyn,MNA
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The World Bank economic review 6(1) (anglais)
Inflation and the transition to a market economy: an overview. Lesson from experiences with high inflation. Price-wage dynamics and inflation in socialist economies: empirical models for Hungary and Poland...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 17600 Date du document: 31 janvier 1992 Auteur: Commander,Simon John,Dornbusch,Rudiger,Coricelli,Fabrizio,Calvo,Guillermo A.,Diwan,Ishac,Kletzer,Kenneth M.,Ravallion,Martin,Lavy,Victor Chaim,Alessie, Rob,Baker, Paul,Blundell, Richard,Heady, Christopher,Meghir, Costas,Cox,Donald C.,Jimenez,Emmanuel Y.,Gertler,Paul J.,Glewwe,Paul W.
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Are buybacks back? Menu-driven debt-reduction schemes with heterogenous creditors (anglais)
There is always some price that is low enough so that a debtor country gains by buying back some of its debts. Similarly, there is always some price that is high enough so that creditors gain by selling...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS675 Date du document: 31 mai 1991 Auteur: Diwan,Ishac,Spiegel, Mark M.
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Distributional aspects of debt adjustment (anglais)
The report explores how the formulation of debt repayment policies can be affected by the nature of the decisionmakers and the strength of various interest groups. The authors argue that small penalties...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS657 Date du document: 30 avril 1991 Auteur: Diwan,Ishac,Verdier,Thierry
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Market-based debt reduction for developing countries : principles and prospects (anglais)
This manual reviews and consolidates what economists understand about market based schemes and concerted debt restructurings. Its purpose is to reach those who wish to come to an independent judgement...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 9452 Date du document: 28 février 1991 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Claessens, Stijn,Diwan,Ishac,Froot, Kenneth A,Krugman,Paul R.
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Dealing with the Debt Crisis : A World Bank Symposium (anglais)
THe world debt crisis of the 1980s, soon to drag into the 1990s, has launched a constellation of competing claims and conflicting alternatives. From 1986 to 1988 more than $100 billion in resources were...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 10279 Date du document: 31 juillet 1990 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Husain,Ishrat,Diwan,Ishac
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Investment incentives : new money, debt relief, and the critical role of conditionality in the debt crisis (anglais)
External debt depresses investment and lowers economic growth below its potential through its negative effect on liquidity and expected profitability. These effects can pull a country into a downward spiral...
Type de document: Article de revue Numéro du rapport: 14249 Date du document: 31 janvier 1990 Auteur: Claessens, Stijn,Diwan,Ishac