TY - BOOK ID - 11279745 TI - From privilege to competition : unlocking private-led growth in the Middle East and North Africa AU - Benhassine, Najy. AU - World Bank. PY - 2009 SN - 0821378775 9786612422270 0821378899 1282422278 PB - Washington, D.C. : World Bank, DB - UniCat KW - Economic development -- Africa, North. KW - Economic development -- Middle East. KW - Public-private sector cooperation -- Africa, North. KW - Public-private sector cooperation -- Middle East. KW - Economic development KW - Public-private sector cooperation KW - Business & Economics KW - Economic History KW - Private-public partnerships KW - Private-public sector cooperation KW - Public-private partnerships KW - Public-private sector collaboration KW - Development, Economic KW - Economic growth KW - Growth, Economic KW - Cooperation KW - Economic policy KW - Economics KW - Statics and dynamics (Social sciences) KW - Development economics KW - Resource curse UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:11279745 AB - The future prosperity of most people of the Middle-East and North Africa-and the social cohesion of their countries-rests in great part on the ability of governments to enable the private sector to respond to this job creation challenge. This is what this report is about. It is about enabling the new generations of entrepreneurs that have emerged over the past years all across the region to play a bigger role in the growth of their countries. It is also about encouraging more investors to believe in the prospects of the region and trusting that business-friendly policy reforms will benefit the ER -