Poor Places, Thriving People : How the Middle East and North Africa Can Rise Above Spatial Disparities

The main messages of poor places, thriving people: how the Middle East and North Africa can rise above spatial disparities can be summarized in four words: people, connections, clusters, and institutions. This report shows how smart investments and...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Publication
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank 2012
Subjects:	ACCOUNTING ACCOUNTING PRACTICES ACCOUNTING STANDARDS ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ATM ATM CARD BANK BRANCHES BASIC BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTRAL BANKS COMMERCIAL BANKS COMMERCIALIZATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMMUNITIES COMPUTERIZATION CREDIT CARDS CREDIT PRODUCTS DATABASE MANAGEMENT DEFICITS DEPOSIT MARKET DEPOSITORS DEPOSITS DIGITAL DIGITAL DIVIDE E-GOVERNMENT E-LEARNING E-MAIL EGOVERNMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTION FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE FINANCIAL SERVICE PROVIDERS FINANCIAL SERVICES FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS FIXED ASSET INCOME INFORMATION SERVICES INSURANCE INTERNATIONAL MAIL INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCES LATIN AMERICAN LEARNING LEGAL FRAMEWORK LETTER CARRIERS LIQUIDITY MAIL BUSINESS MAIL CARRIER MAIL CARRIERS MAIL FLOW MAIL FLOWS MAIL HANDLING MAIL ITEMS MAIL PROCESSING MAIL SERVICE MAIL SERVICES MAIL VOLUME MAIL VOLUMES MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS MARKETING MICROFINANCE MIDDLE EAST MIGRATION MONEY TRANSFER MONEY TRANSFER PRODUCTS MONEY TRANSFER SERVICES MONEY TRANSFERS MONEY TRANSMISSION NATIONAL POSTAL NATIONAL POSTAL OPERATOR NATIONAL POSTAL OPERATORS NEW TECHNOLOGIES NEW TECHNOLOGY NORTH AFRICA NUMBER OF POST OFFICES OUTSOURCING PACKAGES PARCELS PAYMENT SERVICES PAYMENT SYSTEMS PAYMENTS INSTRUMENTS PENSIONS POST POST OFFICE POST OFFICE SAVINGS POST OFFICE SAVINGS BANKS POST OFFICES POSTAL POSTAL ADMINISTRATIONS POSTAL AGENTS POSTAL BANK POSTAL BANKS POSTAL CHECKING POSTAL COUNTERS POSTAL EMPLOYEE POSTAL FINANCIAL SERVICES POSTAL INFRASTRUCTURE POSTAL MAIL POSTAL MANAGEMENT POSTAL MARKET POSTAL MARKETS POSTAL NETWORK POSTAL NETWORKS POSTAL OFFICES POSTAL OPERATIONS POSTAL OPERATOR POSTAL OPERATORS POSTAL ORGANIZATIONS POSTAL POLICY POSTAL REFORM POSTAL REVENUES POSTAL SAVINGS POSTAL SECTOR REFORM POSTAL SERVICE POSTAL SERVICES POSTAL STAFF POSTS PRIVATE OPERATORS PRIVATIZATION PRODUCTIVITY PROFITABILITY PROGRAMS PUBLIC AGENCIES PUBLIC POSTAL SECTOR PUBLIC SERVICES QUALITY OF SERVICE REMITTANCE SERVICES REMITTANCES FOR DEVELOPMENT REMITTANCES · PRODUCT REMOTE POST OFFICES RURAL POST OFFICES SAVINGS ACCOUNTS SAVINGS BANKS SAVINGS MOBILIZATION SUBSIDIARIES TELECOMMUNICATION TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES TELECOMMUNICATIONS TRADITIONAL MAIL TRANSPORT UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION UNIVERSAL SERVICE UNIVERSAL SERVICE OBLIGATION UPU VOLUME OF MAIL VOLUMES OF MAIL WORLDWIDE POSTAL NETWORK
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Summary:	The main messages of poor places, thriving people: how the Middle East and North Africa can rise above spatial disparities can be summarized in four words: people, connections, clusters, and institutions. This report shows how smart investments and policies in transport can connect poor places to the dynamic economies of their rich neighbors. There is also a wide open field of opportunity for telecommunications to bring electronic proximity to lagging areas. Many countries have spent huge sums on subsidies to entice investors to lagging areas-usually without any sustainable impact. This report recommends that governments turn their efforts toward the new approach to local economic development, which is gaining ground around the world, and is based on economic clusters, local competitive advantage, private initiative, and public-private dialogue. The report describes the state-of-play in territorial planning, public financial management, targeted programs, deconcentration, and decentralization, and it sketches some emerging lessons. This report combines the insights of specialists in the majority of the World Bank's key sectors: agriculture, development economics, education, health, poverty analysis, social protection, and transport. It is the report's modest aim, if not to offer a single formula for reducing spatial disparities, at least to propose a range of policy options that the region's leaders can reflect on in the light of their national objectives.

Poor Places, Thriving People : How the Middle East and North Africa Can Rise Above Spatial Disparities

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